CANADA REMEMBERS
68th Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony of "Victory in the Atlantic"
May 5, 2013
Speaker Kinsella participated in the 68th Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony of “Victory in the Atlantic”
Speaker Kinsella with Vice-Admiral Paul A. Maddison, CMM, MSM, CD, Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy
Speaker Kinsella inspects the veterans
Speaker Kinsella lays a wreath on behalf of Parliament at the National War Memorial in commemoration of the lives lost in the Battle of the Atlantic
Speaker Kinsella reviews the parade.
Speaker Kinsella with members of the Royal Canadian Legion
Speaker Kinsella at the Berlin Wall Memorial
November 22, 2012
Speaker Kinsella places a poppy at the memorial to Berlin Wall victim, Michael Kollender
Speaker Kinsella at the Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery
November 19, 2012
Speaker Kinsella lays a rose at the grave of a sailor who participated in the Dieppe Raid, France
Remembrance Day 2012
November 11, 2012
Speaker Kinsella attends the 2012 Remembrance Day event
Speaker Kinsella lays a wreath at the National War Memorial
Speaker Kinsella pays his respects at the National War Memorial
An RCMP officer at the National War Memorial
Speaker Kinsella observes the parade on the occasion of Remembrance Day
Speaker Kinsella and His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada
Wreath Laying Ceremony, National Military Cemetery of the Canadian Forces
November 5, 2012
Speaker Kinsella lays a wreath in the National Military Cemetery of the Canadian Forces
Speaker Kinsella, the Usher of the Black Rod and the Mace Bearer pay their respects
Speaker Kinsella and the Usher of the Black Rod speak with Warrant Officer Sylvain Pilotte of the Department of National Defence
Members of the Senate Protective Service before the monument at the
National Military Cemetery of the Canadian Forces
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Launch of 2012 Veterans Week in Senate Chamber
Speaker Kinsella with Brig. General MacLean, Chaplain General to the Canadian Armed Forces
Speaker Scheer, Minister of Veteran Affairs, Steven Blaney, and Speaker Kinsella lay a wreath
Speaker Kinsella with Air Cadets
Speaker Kinsella with Officer Cadets from the Royal Military College
Speaker Kinsella addresses the Ceremony
Chaplain General MacLean, Minister Fantino, Minister Blaney, Mrs. Ann Kinsella, Speaker Scheer, and Speaker Kinsella
Speaker attends launch of Senate Poppy Campaign
Speaker Kinsella arrives for the launch of the 2012 Poppy Campaign with the Senate Protective Service
Speaker Kinsella with members of the Senate Protective Service, the Usher of the Black Rod and the Clerk of the Senate
Director General of the Parliamentary Precinct, Mr. Gilles Duguay, pins a poppy on Speaker Kinsella
Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem Annual Investiture
June 23, 2012
Speaker Kinsella lays a wreath at the National War Memorial during the memorial service of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem’s Annual Investiture
Speaker Kinsella before the National War Memorial on the occasion of the memorial service of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem’s Annual Investiture
Speaker attends Battle of the Atlantic Ceremony
May 6, 2012
Speaker Kinsella with General Walt Natynczyk, Chief of the Defence Staff,
at the Battle of the Atlantic ceremony
Speaker Kinsella with Vice-Admiral Maddison, Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy,
and General Natynczyk, Chief of the Defence Staff before the National Cenotaph
Speaker Kinsella lays a wreath at the National Cenotaph
Speaker Kinsella Participates in a Remembrance Day Ceremony
with the Consul General of Canada to New York
November 11, 2011
Speaker Kinsella and Mrs. Ann Kinsella with His Excellency John F. Prato,
Consul General of Canada to New York
Speaker Kinsella lays a wreath on behalf of Canada at a Remembrance Day Ceremony in the
British Garden at Hanover Square, New York. November 11, 2011
Speaker Kinsella addresses the Remembrance Day lunch sponsored by the British Soldiers Fund, November 11, 2011
Speaking Notes
Ceremony of Remembrance, 2011
November 4, 2011
Speaker Kinsella addresses the Ceremony of Remembrance in the Senate Chamber
Speaking Notes
Speaker Kinsella; the Honourable Andrew Scheer, MP, Speaker of the House of Commons; and the Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs; lay a wreath in the Senate Chamber in memory of the those who have been killed or wounded in the service to Canada.
The wreath and memorial will remain on public display in
the Chamber of the Senate of Canada until after Remembrance Day
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Wreath Laying Ceremony at the National Military Cemetery of the Canadian Forces
November 3, 2011
Speaker Kinsella tours the National Military Cemetery of the Canadian Forces at Beechwood Cemetery.
On behalf of the Senate of Canada, Speaker Kinsella lays a wreath in honour
of those that have fallen in service of Canada.
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H. Capt. (N) and Speaker of the
Senate, the Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, lays a wreath
at the National Cenotaph on the occasion of the National
Investiture of the Order of St. John
Speaker Kinsella visits Atatürk’s
Mausoleum
Speaker Kinsella tours Atatürk’s
Mausoleum
Speaker Kinsella lays a wreath
Speaker Kinsella participates in
the Remembrance Day Ceremony at the National War
Memorial
November 11, 2010
Speaker Kinsella lays a wreath on
behalf of the Parliament of Canada as part of the
Remembrance Day Ceremony at the National War Memorial
Speaker Kinsella talks to members of
the Royal Canadian Legion following the Remembrance Day
Ceremony at the National War Memorial
Ceremony of Remembrance, November 5, 2010
Speaker Kinsella delivers welcoming remarks to the
Senate Chamber
Speaker Kinsella pays tribute to those that have fallen
defending Canada’s freedom and ideals
The Honourable Peter Milliken, Speaker of the House of
Commons, the Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, PC, MP,
Minister of Veteran Affairs, and the Honourable Noël
Kinsella, Speaker of the Senate of Canada, lay a wreath
in the Senate Chamber
The Senate Chamber during the Ceremony of Remembrance
Speaker Kinsella pays tribute to those that have fallen
defending Canada’s freedom and ideals
November 5, 2010
Wreath Laying Ceremony at the National Military
Cemetery of the Canadian Forces, on November 5, 2010
Speaker Kinsella lays a wreath at the National Military
Cemetery
November 5, 2010
Speaker Kinsella lays a bouquet at the Tomb of an
Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial, Vítkov,
Czech Republic,
October 13, 2010
The Hon. Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker of the Senate, the Hon. Peter Milliken, M.P., Speaker of the House of Commons, Mrs. Della Morley, the 2009 National Silver Cross Mother, and her husband Mr. Morley, His Excellency Jean-Daniel Lafond, Her Excellency the Right Hon. Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, the Right Hon. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada and Mrs. Laureen Harper and their family and the Hon. Greg Thompson, P.C., M.P., Minister of Veterans Affairs, pay tribute to fallen soldiers and Canada’s military at home and abroad
November 11, 2009
Speaker Kinsella and the Honourable Greg Thompson, P.C., M.P., Minister of Veterans Affairs, greet the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, at the National Remembrance Day Ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa
November 11, 2009
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada and His Royal Highness Prince Charles, laid a wreath at the National War Memorial in Ottawa
November 11, 2009
Speaker Kinsella and Speaker Milliken laid a wreath on behalf of the Parliament of Canada at the National Remembrance Day Ceremony in Ottawa
November 11, 2009
Speaker Kinsella joins Mrs. Laureen Harper and children Rachel and Ben Harper at the National Remembrance Day Ceremony in Ottawa
November 11, 2009
The Honourable Peter Milliken, M.P., Speaker of the House of Commons, the Honourable Greg Thompson, P.C., M.P., Minister of Veterans Affairs and Speaker Kinsella after laying a wreath in the Senate Chamber.
November 6, 2009
Mr. Kevin M. Vickers, Sergeant-at-Arms, Mr. Willy Bruce, Aboriginal Veteran’s Eagle Staff, Lieutenant-Colonel Terry Cherwick, Air Command Chaplain, Algonquin Elder Joe Lacroix, Aboriginal Veteran’s Eagle Staff, the Honourable Greg Thompson, P.C., M.P., Minister of Veterans Affairs, the Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker of the Senate, Mr. Gary O’Brien, Clerk of the Senate and Clerk of the Parliaments, Blair Armitage, Principal Clerk of the Senate
November 6, 2009
Speaker Kinsella welcomes the audience to the Ceremony of Remembrance in the Senate Chamber
Speaking Notes
November 6, 2009
Speaker Kinsella welcomes the audience to the Ceremony of Remembrance in the Senate Chamber
November 6, 2009
A sharing of thoughts by Major (retired) Edmund (Ted) R.M. Griffiths and Mr. Ben Sharp
November 6, 2009
The Honourable Greg Thompson, P.C., M.P., Minister of Veterans Affairs, addresses the gathering
November 6, 2009
The gathering for the Ceremony of Remembrance in the Senate Chamber
November 6, 2009
The Act of remembrance by Mr. Nelson John Langevin
November 6, 2009
The commitment to remember by Ms. Rosemary Gallo
November 6, 2009
The Senate Chamber during the moment of silence
November 6, 2009
The Honourable Peter Milliken, M.P., Speaker of the House of Commons, the Honourable Greg Thompson, P.C., M.P., Minister of Veterans Affairs and Speaker Kinsella lay a wreath in the Senate Chamber
November 6, 2009
Speaker Kinsella with a guest at the reception following the Ceremony of Remembrance
November 6, 2009
Speaker Kinsella shares thoughts with guests at the reception following the Ceremony of Remembrance
November 6, 2009
Mr. Blair Armitage, Principal clerk, and Speaker Kinsella arrive at the National Military Cemetery
November 5, 2009
Tombstone at the National Military Cemetery
November 5, 2009
Speaker Kinsella lays a wreath at the National Military Cemetery
November 5, 2009
Senate Protective Service officers at the National Military Cemetery
November 5, 2009
Speaker Kinsella and Warrant Officer at the site of fallen Afghanistan Canadian soldier
November 5, 2009
National Military Cemetery of the Canadian Forces
November 5, 2009
Speaker Kinsella takes a moment to reflect at the National Military Cemetery of the Canadian Forces
November 5, 2009
Remembrance Ceremony: Poppy pinning in the Senate entrance
October 27, 2009
Remembrance Ceremony: Poppy pinning in the Senate entrance
October 27, 2009
Remembrance Ceremony: Poppy pinning in the Senate entrance
October 27, 2009
Tribute honouring fallen Mexican Heroes in the Hall of Honour in la Heroica Escuela Naval Militar (Heroic Military Navy School) in Veracruz, Mexico
January 12, 2009
The Hon. Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker of the Senate, the 2008 National Silver Cross Mother, Ms. Avril Dianna Stachnik, the Governor General, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, with her daughter, Marie-Éden, and the Prime Minister of Canada, the Right Honourable Stephen Harper pay tribute to fallen soldiers and Canada’s military at home and abroad
November 11, 2008
Speaker Kinsella lays the wreath for the Parliament of Canada at the National Remembrance Day Ceremony held at the National War Memorial in Ottawa
November 11, 2008
Speaker Kinsella speaks with the Hon. Marjory LeBreton, Leader of Government in the Senate and Minister of State (Seniors) and Prime Minister Stephen Harper
November 11, 2008
Veterans of Canada pass the torch
November 11, 2008
National Remembrance Day Ceremony held at the National War Memorial
November 11, 2008
Senate Ceremony Launches Veterans’ Week 2008
November 6, 2008
The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker of the Senate of Canada, laid a wreath on November 5, 2008 at the National Military Cemetery in Ottawa in honour of the men and women of Canada who gave their lives for the liberties and freedoms we enjoy today.
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November 5, 2008
Major William Fletcher, SMV, CD, pins Poppy on Speaker Kinsella
October 29, 2008
Launch of the 2008 Senate Poppy Campaign
October 29, 2008
Notre-Dame de Lorette National Cemetery, on a Parliamentary Delegation to France
May 17, 2008
Notre-Dame de Lorette National Cemetery, on a Parliamentary Delegation to France
May 17, 2008
Notre-Dame de Lorette National Cemetery, on a Parliamentary Delegation to France
May 17, 2008
Notre-Dame de Lorette National Cemetery, on a Parliamentary Delegation to France
May 17, 2008
Notre-Dame de Lorette National Cemetery, on a Parliamentary Delegation to France
May 17, 2008
Notre-Dame de Lorette National Cemetery, on a Parliamentary Delegation to France
May 17, 2008
Notre-Dame de Lorette National Cemetery, on a Parliamentary Delegation to France
Speaker Kinsella and the Senate of Canada show solidarity with fallen Muslim soldiers from North Africa.
May 17, 2008
Notre-Dame de Lorette National Cemetery, on a Parliamentary Delegation to France
May 17, 2008
Notre-Dame de Lorette National Cemetery, on a Parliamentary Delegation to France
May 17, 2008
Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial, on a Parliamentary Delegation to France
May 17, 2008
Canadian National Vimy Memorial, on a Parliamentary Delegation to France
May 17, 2008
Canadian National Vimy Memorial, on a Parliamentary Delegation to France
May 17, 2008
Speaker Kinsella lays a wreath on
the tomb of the unknown soldier in the
Kremlin Wall on a Parliamentary Delegation to Russia
November 5, 2007
Speaker Kinsella lays a wreath on
the tomb of the unknown soldier in the
Kremlin Wall on a Parliamentary Delegation to Russia
November 5, 2007
Speaker Kinsella lays a wreath in front of the National War Memorial on Remembrance Day
November 11, 2006
The Peace Tower flag flies at half mast on Remembrance Day to commemorate
those
who served Canada during a time of war
November 11, 2006
Ceremonial wreath laying in the Senate Chamber with the Minister of Veterans Affairs,
the Honourable Greg Thompson, and Speaker of the House of Commons,
the Honourable Peter Milliken
November 6, 2006
Speaker named as Chair of the Poppy Campaign in the Senate
October 27, 2006
Ceremony in Senate Chamber Launches Veterans’ Week
November 06, 2006
Speaker Kinsella places a wreath on behalf of the Senate of Canada,
commemorating the Canadian War Dead at the Last Post Ceremony,
Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, Ypres, Belgium
August 2006
Collage of the Menin Gate Memorial of the Missing, Belgium, and the Last Post Ceremony
August 2006
In 1914, when Laurence Binyon penned his immortal poem, For the Fallen , the world was watching in horror as yet another war was unfolding on the continent that would ultimately see a generation lost on the battlefields of Europe.
And it is in that poem that Binyon articulates the responsibility of following generations to those who gave their lives that we may live in peace and security. Let me remind you of those words…they adorn war memorials across Canada, and I am sure many among you, particularly our honored veterans, will know them well:
They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old,
Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn,
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
.....we will remember them.”.
During the First World War, Canada sent more than 600,000 soldiers overseas. 66,000 died and 172,000 were wounded, fighting at places like Vimy Ridge, Hill 70, Bourlon Wood, Mons, Passchendaele and Ypres.
It was called the war to end all wars, yet 20 years later the world had once more become a dangerous place and once again another generation was sent overseas, to fight and die on our behalf. More than one million men and women answered the call of service and more than 47,000 did not return.
And the call to service did not end there; 26,000 Canadians served in Korea and 516 Canadian soldiers died there.
In the decades of peace that followed, many of us grew to adulthood thinking that the times of war were over and that as parents and grandparents, we would never have to send our children and grandchildren off to die in foreign conflicts. We were mistaken.
In fact, every Canadian generation since the beginning of the 20th century has sent its sons and daughters abroad to fight and die for our freedom and the freedom of others.
Even in times of peace, Canadian soldiers have lost their lives as they stood in the no man's land between warring factions around the globe. And today, our losses in Afghanistan continue to remind us that we, and other civilizations that share our world, owe our security and our way of life to young Canadian soldiers who are prepared to stand between us and those who wish to do us harm.
Heather Robertson expresses it well in her book, A Terrible Beauty, the
Art of Canada at war: "They died for us, for their homes and families and friends, for a collection of traditions they cherished and a future they believed in; they died for Canada.”
And that is why every year, Canadians across this nation, and those abroad, will gather at their war memorials, from the National War memorial to the many cenotaphs that stand proudly in so many town squares across Canada; so that we can re-dedicate ourselves to our promise; our promise to remember them.
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