| Veterans Affairs Canada | news releases
The Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, today joined London-area members of Parliament Susan Truppe and Ed Holder, former London Police Service chief and Honourary Lieutenant-Colonel Murray Faulkner, and Canadian Armed Forces members at the 31 Service Battalion mess dinner in London, Ontario, to mark Veterans' Week 2013.
| Veterans Affairs Canada | news releases
The Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, joined Korean War Veteran Doug Finney to discuss the Memory Project Speakers Bureau and the importance of remembrance with students at St. Cecilia Catholic Elementary School in Maple, Ontario.
| Veterans Affairs Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., Minister of National Defence and Member of Parliament for Niagara Falls, will speak at the 31st Annual Winter Festival of Lights opening festivities to honour Canada's Veterans of the Korean War and highlight their contributions and sacrifices.
| Veterans Affairs Canada | news releases
On behalf of the Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, the Honourable Laurie Hawn, Member of Parliament for Edmonton Centre, today attended a poppy-laying ceremony at the Beechmount Cemetery, in Edmonton. MP Hawn also announced up to $5,000 in funding for the ceremony through the Community Engagement Partnership Fund. This announcement further supports our Government's ongoing efforts to engage Canadians in active remembrance from coast to coast and to bring attention to the great service and sacrifices of Canada's Veterans.
| Veterans Affairs Canada | news releases
On behalf of the Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, Parm Gill, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs, today joined members of the War Amps of Canada, the Royal Canadian Legion and the Korea Veterans Association of Canada, and local school children to thank Veterans during the 18th Annual Veterans Appreciation Day held at the Billings Bridge Shopping Centre in Ottawa.
| Veterans Affairs Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Laurie Hawn, Member of Parliament for Edmonton Centre, will attend a poppy-laying ceremony at the Beechmount Cemetery in Edmonton. The ceremony is the main event of 17 simultaneous ceremonies organized by the No Stone Left Alone Foundation in Alberta and British Columbia.
| Veterans Affairs Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, will join the Memory Project Speakers Bureau and students at the St. Cecilia Catholic Elementary School in Maple, Ontario, for a discussion on the importance of remembrance.
| Veterans Affairs Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, today announced new legislation intended to provide medically released Veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) who were injured in service to Canada the top level of priority consideration for job openings in the public service.
| Veterans Affairs Canada | speeches
It is my great honour to be with you today … as Canada's Minister of Veterans Affairs … to officially launch Veterans' Week 2013.
| Veterans Affairs Canada | media advisories
Parm Gill, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs, will attend the 18th annual Veterans Appreciation Day at the Billings Bridge Centre to honour local Veterans as part of Veterans' Week 2013.
