Commemorative Senate Ceremony launches Veterans’ Week
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The Government of Canada begins Veterans’ Week with the annual remembrance ceremony in the Senate Chamber.
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The Government of Canada begins Veterans’ Week with the annual remembrance ceremony in the Senate Chamber.
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Sherry Romanado, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, will lead an official Government of Canada delegation in Ypres, Belgium, from November 7-12 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele. The Honourable Harjit Sajjan, Minister of National Defence will be in Belgium to attend a ceremony at the Tyne Cot Cemetery on November 10. The delegation will include Veterans, representatives from Indigenous and Veterans organizations, descendants of Passchendaele Veterans, parliamentarians, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and youth. The Canadian Armed Forces contingent traveling to Belgium will be composed of units and branches that fought in Passchendaele as well as the band of the Royal 22e Regiment. Events will also be held across Canada to mark the centennial of the Battle of Passchendaele in collaboration with Veterans’ Week events.
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The Honourable Seamus O’Regan, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, will visit students at a Charlottetown high school to unveil this year’s Veterans’ Week poster and highlight the significance of the poster, which marks the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele.
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The Honourable Seamus O’Regan, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence will address attendees of the IGT2017 Veterans Career Summit presented by Barrick during the Invictus Games on September 28, 2017.
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The Honourable Seamus O’Regan, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, will address participants during the eighth annual Canadian Military and Veteran Health Research Forum, organized by the Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research.
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Bell Island, Newfoundland and Labrador– The Honourable Seamus O’Regan, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, will join community members, Veterans and their family members, youth and other special guests at Lance Cove Beach on Bell Island to mark the 75th anniversary of the Bell Island U-boat attacks.
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Sherry Romanado, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, will meet with Canadian Armed Forces Members and their families to provide details on changes to VAC programs and benefits that will do more to support Canada’s Veterans and their families.
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Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec – Sherry Romanado, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, will meet with Canadian Armed Forces Members and their families to provide details on changes to VAC programs and benefits that will do more to support Canada’s Veterans and their families.
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The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, will join the Government of Canada delegation as they return to Canada from Dieppe, France, for a closing commemorative ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the Dieppe Raid.
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Sherry Romanado, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, and Denis Coderre, Mayor of Montréal will join Veterans, Canadian Armed Forces personnel, Royal Canadian Mounted Police members, Indigenous representatives, youth and other special guests at the Dieppe Park (formerly known as the « parc de la Cité-du-Havre »), in Montreal to mark the 75th anniversary of the Dieppe Raid.