State of the Confederation (Canada)

In the United Commonwealths of Canada, the State of the Union is the address presented by the Governor-General of Canada to a joint session of the Federal Congress of Canada. The Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union, the federal constitution of the Canadian confederation, require the Governor-General to address the Federal Congress on the State of the Union once every Year. By convention, the Governor-General delivers his State of the Union on the first day of a new session of the Federal Congress.