e-127 (Military medals and decorations)
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
- At one time the Government of Canada issued “The Canadian Volunteer Service Medal’ (CVSM), a Volunteer Service Medal to recognize Canadians who served voluntarily in the Canadian Forces;
- This honourable and noteworthy acknowledgment of volunteerism by our Veterans and our Troops abruptly stopped on 1 March 1947;
- Only one other determined period was ever recognized, that being Korea where only those Troops received a specified Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for Korea;
- Veterans Affairs Canada considers any former member of the Canadian Armed Forces who releases with an honourable discharge and who successfully underwent basic training to be a Veteran; and
- Many Veterans and Troops, who with courage and conviction also volunteered to serve were never and have never been recognized or acknowledged by means of a volunteer service medal.
- Open for signature
- January 18, 2016, at 11:20 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- May 17, 2016, at 11:20 a.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Bill Casey
(Cumberland—Colchester)
June 16, 2016 (Petition No. 421-00523) - Government response tabled
- September 19, 2016
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
Province / Territory | Signatures |
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Alberta | 368 |
British Columbia | 580 |
Manitoba | 103 |
New Brunswick | 142 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 92 |
Northwest Territories | 4 |
Nova Scotia | 342 |
Nunavut | 2 |
Ontario | 1335 |
Prince Edward Island | 32 |
Quebec | 433 |
Saskatchewan | 77 |
Yukon | 7 |