| Veterans Affairs Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, PC, QC, MP, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, will tour the lower mainland and Vancouver Island this week to meet with Veterans, stakeholders and organizations to discuss priorities facing Veterans.
| Veterans Affairs Canada | statements
Ottawa, – The Honourable Seamus O’Regan, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, and the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of National Defence, issued the following statement today on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Ortona:
| Veterans Affairs Canada | media advisories
Edmonton, AB – Bernard Butler, Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy and Commemoration with Veterans Affairs Canada, will join Canadian Football League (CFL) Commissioner Randy Ambrosie, Jackie Gaudaur, daughter of the late Jake Gaudaur, members of the CFL and special guests to present the prestigious Jake Gaudaur Veterans’ Award at the 2018 Shaw CFL Awards.
| Veterans Affairs Canada | news releases
Veterans Affairs Minister Seamus O’Regan today welcomed the appointment of Mr. L. Craig Dalton as the new Ombudsperson for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and thanked Mr. Guy Parent for his service to the Veteran community as Ombudsperson since 2010.
| Veterans Affairs Canada | statements
The Honourable Seamus O’Regan, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of National Defence, and the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, issued the following statement today, on the occasion of Remembrance Day and the centennial of the Armistice that ended the First World War.
| Veterans Affairs Canada | media advisories
The public and the media are invited to attend the official Government of Canada ceremony of remembrance at the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
| Veterans Affairs Canada | media advisories
Ottawa, ON – Stéphane Lauzon, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence will participate in the annual Turn to Busan commemorative ceremony to pay tribute to Canadians who served and died in the Korean War.
| Veterans Affairs Canada | media advisories
The public and the media are invited to attend a Remembrance Day ceremony hosted by Veterans Affairs Canada’s student guides at the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial near the village of Albert, in the Somme region of France.
| Veterans Affairs Canada | statements
Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence Seamus O’Regan, Minister of National Defence Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Carolyn Bennett, and Minister of Indigenous Services Jane Philpott today issued the following joint statement to mark Aboriginal Veterans Day:
| Veterans Affairs Canada | news releases
The efforts of Canadians during the last hundred days of the First World War helped bring peace to the world at the end of what was then known as “The Great War.”
