OTTAWA — Governor General Mary Simon will not be attending the National Remembrance Day Ceremony in Ottawa on Tuesday due to a respiratory virus.

A statement sent by Rideau Hall said that Simon, who is the commander-in-chief of the country, is “doing well” and is currently recovering in the hospital. The Supreme Court chief justice, Richard Wagner, will be attending the ceremony on her behalf.

Wagner will be joined by this year’s National Silver Cross Mother, Nancy Payne, of Lansdowne, Ontario, who represents all Canadian mothers who have lost a child in military service in Canada. Her son, Randy, was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2006.

Prime Minister Mark Carney will also be attending this year’s ceremony in Ottawa with his wife, Diana Fox Carney.

The annual event, hosted by the

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