"Remembrance Day is a solemn day of reflection – a time for Canadians to stand united in a moment of silence and pay tribute to the generations of brave men and women who have fought and died in the name of freedom and peace, and to the countless others who have been left with the life-long scars of war.
General Jonathan Vance, the Chief of the Defence Staff and Chief Warrant Officer Kevin West, the Canadian Forces Chief Warrant Officer, issued the following statement on Remembrance Day:
Today, the Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of National Defence, and the Honourable Erin O'Toole, Minister of Veterans Affairs, issued the following statement to commemorate the attacks of October 2014: