New Colonel-Chief for the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Regiment (PPCLI)

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NR–07.001 - February 5, 2007
OTTAWA – The Honourable Gordon O’Connor, Minister of National Defence is pleased to announce the appointment of the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson as Colonel-in-Chief of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Regiment (PPCLI).
The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson will be the PPCLI’s first Canadian Colonel-in-Chief and will replace the Right Honourable Lady Patricia Brabourne, Countess Mountbatten of Burma during a ceremony to be held in Edmonton, Alberta March 17, 2007.
“The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson has always been interested in welfare of the men and women of the Canadian Forces during her time as Governor General and I believe she is an excellent choice for the first Canadian Colonel-in-Chief for the PPCLI,” said Defence Minister O’Connor. “We deeply appreciate the more than 30 years of support Lady Patricia gave the PPCLI and the Canadian Forces.”
“I am deeply honoured to become the Colonel-in-Chief of Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry and the first Canadian Colonel-in-Chief in the Canadian Forces. Having visited the Regiment in garrison and in the field, I know their mettle and I am proud to be a part of their Regimental family,” said the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson.
The PPCLI was created in 1914 following the outbreak of the First World War. By the end of the war, the PPCLI had accumulated 22 Battle Honours and three members of the Regiment had been awarded the Victoria Cross. Recent PPCLI domestic and international operations have included Operation PALLADIUM, Bosnia 2000, Operation PEREGRINE, the Canadian Forces’ support to the B.C. government’s firefighting efforts in 2003, and Operation ARCHER, Afghanistan in 2005.
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