Five Canadian Ministers Issue Joint Statement for Indigenous Veterans Day
OTTAWA, Ontario - November 8 is Indigenous Veterans Day in Canada. Veterans Affairs Minister Jill McKnight, National Defence Minister David J. McGuinty, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty, Northern and Arctic Affairs Minister Rebecca Chartrand and Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty issued a joint statement that day honouring First Nations, Inuit and Métis veterans.
The ministers said Indigenous service members have made important contributions in Canada's military operations over generations, that their service and sacrifice deserve to be remembered across the country, and that the federal government will continue to support Indigenous veterans and their families.
Indigenous Veterans Day is observed each year on November 8, three days before Remembrance Day on November 11.
(Source: Veterans Affairs Canada)
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada
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Photo: 位于渥太华的加拿大原住民退伍军人纪念碑（图：Padraic Ryan，CC BY-SA 3.0，Wikimedia Commons） / The National Aboriginal Veterans Monument in Ottawa (Photo: Padraic Ryan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
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