On the occasion of the 69th anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands, the Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, issued the following statement:
On the occasion of the 71st anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic, Canadians gathered across the country today to commemorate the more than 4,600 members of the Royal Canadian Navy, the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Canadian Merchant Navy who died at sea during the Second World War.
The Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, issued the following statement marking May 4th as the 71st anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic.
Today, the Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, condemned the vandalism of a Stratford, Ontario cenotaph honouring Veterans of the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War.
The Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, today announced Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) will partner with the Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada (ANAVETS) to provide ANAVETS staff and volunteers with training on VAC programs and services.
The Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, today announced that Canada's eligible Veterans can now wear the Arctic Star in conjunction with other Second World War honours.
As part of its annual Yom Hashoah V'Hagvurah commemorative ceremony, the Jewish community of the Greater Toronto Area came together today at the Schwartz/Reisman Centre, in Vaughan, to pay tribute to the six million Jews who lost their lives during the Holocaust.
The Honourable Julian Fantino, Canada's Minister of Veterans Affairs, today made the following statement after participating in a joint Australian and New Zealand ceremony at the Rome War Cemetery to commemorate the Gallipoli Campaign.