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Following just in from the chamber of sober second thought: public hearings on creating a National Peacekeepers Day on Aug. 9th
May 28: Senate Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs to Study Bill Establishing a Day of Honour for Canadian Peacekeepers
On Wednesday, May 28, 2008, the Senate Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs will study Bill C-287 which would establish August 9 as “National Peacekeepers’ Day” across Canada.
Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Room 160-S, Centre Block, Parliament Hill, Ottawa
Broadcast: Live on the internal Parliamentary Radio Network on frequencies 92.7 (EN),
92.3 (FR) and 91.9 (Floor)
Webcast: www.senate-senat.ca/webcast.asp
Bill C-287, An Act respecting a National Peacekeepers' Day.
Witness(es)
The Honourable Senator Art Eggleton, Sponsor of the Bill
Brent St. Denis, Member of Parliament for Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing
Ron Griffis, National President, Canadian Association of Veterans in
United Nations Peacekeeping
As an individual
Col (ret) John Gardam, Curator of the Peacekeeping Monument
Members of the Senate Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs include Senators Michael A. Meighen (Chair), Joseph A. Day (Deputy Chair), Tommy Banks, Colin Kenny and Nancy Ruth.
For more information on the Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs, previous reports or for upcoming public hearings, visit www.sen-vet.ca.
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Shaila Anwar or Gaëtane Lemay
Co-clerks of the Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs
613-991-0719 / 613-993-8968
May 28: Senate Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs to Study Bill Establishing a Day of Honour for Canadian Peacekeepers
On Wednesday, May 28, 2008, the Senate Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs will study Bill C-287 which would establish August 9 as “National Peacekeepers’ Day” across Canada.
Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Room 160-S, Centre Block, Parliament Hill, Ottawa
Broadcast: Live on the internal Parliamentary Radio Network on frequencies 92.7 (EN),
92.3 (FR) and 91.9 (Floor)
Webcast: www.senate-senat.ca/webcast.asp
Bill C-287, An Act respecting a National Peacekeepers' Day.
Witness(es)
The Honourable Senator Art Eggleton, Sponsor of the Bill
Brent St. Denis, Member of Parliament for Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing
Ron Griffis, National President, Canadian Association of Veterans in
United Nations Peacekeeping
As an individual
Col (ret) John Gardam, Curator of the Peacekeeping Monument
Members of the Senate Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs include Senators Michael A. Meighen (Chair), Joseph A. Day (Deputy Chair), Tommy Banks, Colin Kenny and Nancy Ruth.
For more information on the Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs, previous reports or for upcoming public hearings, visit www.sen-vet.ca.
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Shaila Anwar or Gaëtane Lemay
Co-clerks of the Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs
613-991-0719 / 613-993-8968