Veterans Affairs Canada

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The Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), also referred to as Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC), is the department within the government of Canada with responsibility for pensions/benefits and services for war veterans, retired Canadian Armed Forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police personnel, and their families, as well as some civilians.

Canada Remembers is a division of Veterans Affairs, responsible for all war commemoration activities, such as Remembrance Day, and coordinates and funds various "pilgrimages" for Canadian war veterans to foreign battlefields and international ceremonies (eg. 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands in early 1995, the 60th anniversary of D Day on June 6, 2004, etc.)

The year 2005 was declared Year of the Veteran in Canada, to teach, remember, thank, honour and celebrate. The image of a poppy overlapping a gold maple leaf became a special symbol during the campaign, on posters, pamphlets, bookmarks and documents.

The Minister of Veterans Affairs is The Honourable Greg Thompson.

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian Ministers of Veterans Affairs

[edit] External links

• Veterans Affairs Canada Official Website
• Canada Remembers

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