On behalf of the Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, Erin O'Toole, Member of Parliament for Durham and Veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces, will be joined by Veterans of the Second World War, Ottawa area youth, and Carman Joynt of the Royal Canadian Mint Board of Directors, at a special unveiling of a minted coin to mark the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day landing.
On behalf of the Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, Royal Galipeau, MP for Ottawa–Orléans, today paid tribute to the memory of Canadian and Allied Veterans buried in the National Field of Honour.
On behalf of the Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, Royal Galipeau, MP for Ottawa–Orléans, will participate in the Last Post Fund's annual commemorative ceremony, at the National Field of Honour in Pointe-Claire. MP Galipeau will join the families and parents of soldiers and Veterans buried at the National Field of Honour, the only Canadian cemetery devoted solely to soldiers and their family members.
The Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, today issued the following statement to mark the 112th anniversary of the end of the South African War:
The Honourable Rob Moore, Regional Minister for Newfoundland and Labrador and Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency), on behalf of the Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, today announced funding for the construction of a new cenotaph in Placentia Bay and the restoration of the Caribou Memorial in St. John's, Newfoundland-Labrador.
The Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, today announced that the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI) has become the latest organization to partner with Veterans Affairs Canada and participate in its Hire a Veteran initiative.
Today, the Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, shared with stakeholders Veterans Affairs Canada's (VAC) plan to support a pilot project to assess the benefits and risks of using psychiatric service dogs to assist in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Veterans.
The Government of Canada recently announced that eligible Canadian Veterans are now allowed to wear the Arctic Star in conjunction with other Second World War honours. This new medal was unveiled in 2012 by the British Government and is available to all Commonwealth Forces, including Canada.
The Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, today presented the first British Arctic Star medals to Canadian Armed Forces Veterans Norman George Alex Anderson, Edward Earl Dallin, Roland Jacques Lavallee, and James S. Russell at a ceremony in Victoria, British Columbia.
