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Michel Doiron, Assistant Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs Canada, on behalf of the Government of Canada, will join City of Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman, at the Vimy Ridge Memorial Park in Winnipeg to unveil the recently refurbished Vimy Ridge Memorial Park 44th Battalion monument and plaza.
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Michel Doiron, Assistant Deputy Minister at Veterans Affairs Canada, on behalf of the Government of Canada, will attend a commemorative ceremony on Aboriginal Veterans Day to honour Indigenous men and women who have served Canada over the years
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The public and the media are invited to attend the official Government of Canada Remembrance Day ceremony at the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial near the village of Albert, in the Somme region of France.
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Sherry Romanado, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, and Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, join Canadian youth and the Government of Canada delegation in remembering the Battle of Passchendaele on November 6, 2017.
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Sherry Romanado, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, His Worship Jim Watson, Mayor of Ottawa and Mr. Mark O’Neill, President and CEO of the Canadian Museum of History and Canadian War Museum, will attend a Candlelight Tribute to honour our country’s fallen heroes and Veterans, and pass the torch of remembrance to youth.
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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.
