Feds Looking At What Constitutes "Wartime Service"

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In response to this ....

S-246 (45-1) - LEGISinfo - Parliament of Canada

S-246 (45-1) - LEGISinfo - Parliament of Canada

www.parl.ca

... the info-machine (DefMin & VAC Min) announced this today

Joint Statement: Minister McGuinty and Minister McKnight, Wartime Service Recognition - Canada.ca

The Honourable David McGuinty, Minister of National Defence, and the Honourable Jill McKnight, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, have issued the following statement:

www.canada.ca

From the statement (archived here):

... “Our government remains committed to ensuring that members of the Canadian Armed Forces, Veterans, their families, and all Canadians continue important conversations about service, sacrifice, and recognition. Meaningful commemoration must reflect not only our history, but also the experiences of those who served in more recent deployments.

“In the coming months, the Government of Canada will develop a process to consult with Veterans, serving members, stakeholders, historians, and experts to examine potential criteria for the review and classification of past conflicts and military operations. This work will help future decisions be deliberate, transparent, and reflective of the experiences of those who served ...

Bill (made it thru the Senate, and is in second reading in the House - PDF also attached) calls for a "national framework ... to provide an accountable and publicly transparent process for the fair and meaningful symbolic and commemorative recognition of wartime service, based on the conditions of members’ and veterans’ military service and on respect for their sacrifices."
<S>Easy, peasy, lemon squeezy, right?<\S>

A bit of backstory ....

Wartime recognition: A long-awaited bill to affirm the service of modern veterans passes the Senate - Legion Magazine

A long-awaited bill recognizing Canada's modern veterans and special duty service members has finally passed the Senate.

legionmagazine.com

Ottawa promises its own wartime-service review as Senate bill waits in the Commons

Defence and Veterans Affairs ministers say they will consult on criteria for classifying past conflicts, while stopping short of endorsing Senator Yussuff’s Wartime Service Recognition Act

www.vanguarddefence.ca

‘Canada is an outlier’: Vets push for Ottawa to recognize them as ‘war veterans’

Ret’d Warrant Officer Mike McGlennon got a call one Thanksgiving weekend in the early 1990s that would change the course of his life forever: would you like to deploy to the Persian Gulf?

www.ctvnews.ca