The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, Veterans and honoured guests will launch community-based commemorative events across Canada and overseas honouring the 75th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy. The ceremony will feature an official poster unveiling for the anniversary, as well as a departure ceremony of the commemorative journey across Canada to Halifax.
The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, will be joined by the National Silver Cross Mother Anita Cenerini, and Veterans and their families to honour the brave Canadians who served—and died—during Canada’s mission in Afghanistan.
An official Government of Canada delegation will participate in a series of events in Normandy, France from June 3-9, 2019, to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Charlotte Bastien, acting Assistant Deputy Minister at Veterans Affairs Canada, on behalf of the Government of Canada, will attend a commemorative ceremony on Aboriginal Veterans Day in Winnipeg to honour and remember all of the First Nations, Inuit and Métis people who have served and those who have given their lives for our freedom.
The Government of Canada will mark the 100th anniversary of Canada’s Hundred Days and the end of the First World War by sending an official delegation to Belgium to take part in ceremonies and events from November 9 to11, 2018.
