Remembrance Day Embraces Past, Present
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2014 | WWW.PGCITIZEN.CA Canada 13 Remembrance Day embraces past, present The Canadian Press general. He noted the memorial itself OTTAWA — More than 200 had been transformed into a place years of Canadian military sacrifice of sacrifice, “a place where an was packed into one emotional unknown soldier and a soldier hour Tuesday morning at the now known to us all lay side by National War Memorial. side in death having accepted to A national Remembrance Day stand bravely on guard for our ceremony that sprang from, and nation and for its values, rights and traditionally focused on, the great freedoms.” world wars of the 20th century And he paid tribute to military sprawled out in 2014 to encom- sacrifices that spanned from pass everything from the 1814 Lundy’s Lane in the War of 1812 to Battle of Lundy’s Lane to last Panjwai district in Afghanistan. month’s deadly attacks in Ottawa As the morning unfolded, cer- and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que. emonies were taking place across “We have had sombre occa- the country, including in Halifax’s sion in past weeks to ponder our Grand Parade Square, where identity as the very symbols of our hundreds – including NDP Leader peace and freedom were violated,” Tom Mulcair – assembled for the Gov. Gen. David Johnston told a service. massive Ottawa crowd that police In Hamilton, Ont., Cirillo’s estimated near 50,000. hometown, a huge crowd packed Johnston, in full military CP PHOTO a downtown square, where the uniform, stood just steps from A woman embraces a veteran during a Remembrance Day ceremony at Victory Square in Vancouver young soldier’s legacy was top of where Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, an on Tuesday. mind. honour guard at the memorial, “I think now that a lot of people was gunned down three weeks ago of the Afghanistan mission and the 75th anniversary of the start of sombre occasion for me,” said can attach a name to what Remem- in an armed attack on Parliament South African War. the Second World War. Canadian Ochoski. brance Day is about,” Lt.-Col. Rick Hill. Two days earlier, Warrant “Today, it is fitting that with military aircrews, meanwhile, have “Since the Afghanistan mission, Bialachowski said in Hamilton. Officer Patrick Vincent died when this ceremony of rededication, we just been deployed into harm’s way our popularity, I must say, went The Canadian men’s rugby team, he and another soldier were run pay tribute to all those Canadians over Iraq. way through the roof. A huge currently on tour in Europe, took down in Quebec by a man har- who in the intervening years have Gisele Michaud, whose youngest shift.” part in Remembrance Day cer- bouring jihadist sympathies. laid down their lives in the service son, Master Cpl. Charles-Philippe Gun-toting security personnel emonies in France on Juno Beach, Their memories gave an imme- of peace, justice and freedom,” Michaud, died of injuries suffered could be seen on nearby rooftops where Canadians charged ashore diacy to the well-versed solemni- said Princess Anne, the king’s in Afghanistan in 2009, placed a and heavily armed security details on D-Day, June 6, 1944. ties of Nov. 11 – the piper’s lament, grandaughter, speaking on the wreath at the sun-dappled memo- barred the entrances to nearby “Just to go where the Canadians the bugle call of the Last Post, the Queen’s behalf. rial as this year’s Silver Cross Langevin Block, which houses the landed was quite an experience, artillery salute and the recitation of Prime Minister Stephen Harper Mother. Prime Minister’s Office – a visible that’s for sure,” said centre Ciaran the Act of Remembrance. arrived for the ceremony after fly- Many Canadian Forces members reminder of the Oct. 22 attack by a Hearn of Conception Bay, N.L. “It’s meaningful to me because ing directly from a bilateral visit to in attendance said it was the long, lone gunman bent on destruction. More than 60,000 Canadians of the brothers and sisters I would Beijing, only to turn around hours deadly Afghan combat mission Although traditionally remem- lost their lives in the Great War have lost, especially Nathan Cirillo later to wing back to New Zealand that restored military pride among brance ceremonies have honoured and another 45,000 in the Second with the incident that happened and Australia. Canadians at large and reinvested military sacrifice collectively and World War, some sobering context here downtown, [and] Patrice Vin- “We can never repay the debt Remembrance Day with fresh somewhat anonymously apart in this age of terrorist threats. cent,” said Master Corp. Veronique we owe to the intrepid men and vigour. from the Silver Cross Mother, the Serving military in Ottawa Lavoie, who at age 29 already has women who paid for our free- Jordan Ochoski, who retired Ottawa event had a very contem- appreciated Tuesday’s public out- a dozen years of military service. dom with their lives,” the prime last month after serving five tours porary and personal context. pouring, while keeping their eyes “It’s not only outside of Canada minister said in a statement, “but of duty – three in Bosnia and two Harper, the Governor General on the big picture. now. It’s touching home as well.” we can remember their enormous in Afghanistan – said there was a and even the chaplain delivering “We answered the call then and The war memorial, first dedicat- sacrifices and pay tribute to their time in the 1990s when Canadian the prayer paid direct tribute to we continue to answer the call ed by King George VI in 1939, was bravery and patriotism.” Forces members didn’t want to Cirillo and Vincent. now,” said a crisply uniformed Lt.- rededicated with the new inscrip- This year marks the 100th an- wear their uniforms in public. “We gather today with our Col. Peter Scott. tion: “In Service to Canada – Au niversary of the outbreak of the “I’ve lost a lot of friends, so emotions still raw,” intoned Brig.- — With files from Stephanie service du Canada” and the dates First World War, as well as the Remembrance Day is always a Gen. John Fletcher, the chaplain Levitz and Terry Pedwell Government heavily subsidizes exploration for reserves: report The Canadian Press An industry spokesman said 20 largest industrial economies. $26 a year. Only Australia, where company can claim, it just allows exploration is not subsidized. That help comes in the form of subsidies reach up to $153, is a firm to claim it sooner. Why subsidize the search for oil “Oil and gas has unique eco- direct payments, various kinds of more generous among G20 coun- “These aren’t subsidies so much and gas that we can never burn if nomics to it that necessitate exploration tax breaks, favourable tries on a per capita basis. as a deferral of tax payments.” we want to limit the damage from certain treatment so that it has a financing deals and the activities United Kingdom subsidies are The nature of the industry climate change? competitive foothold in the global of state-owned companies. up to about $18 per capita; Russia means exploration expense tax That’s the question asked in a re- economy,” said Ben Brunnen, In Canada, the report says, the spends about $17; the United breaks are needed, said Brunnen. port from an environmental think- manager of fiscal and economic three largest subsidies to energy States spends $16. “Exploration and development tank, which says Canada is one of policy for the Canadian Associa- companies come from the ability The report says the annual require at least 10 years of activ- the most generous countries in the tion of Petroleum Producers. “I of both companies and certain value of state subsidies for explo- ity prior to seeing some positive G20 towards energy exploration. think this report is inaccurate.” types of shareholders to deduct ration is about twice the $37-bil- production. “There’s been virtual consensus Scientists suggest that about exploration expenses. lion cash energy companies put “Because of that, there has to among the scientific community two-thirds of the world’s cur- As well, oilsands development up themselves. be a structure in place, tax-wise, that we have significantly more rent reserves of fossil fuels must has been greatly spurred by rules “This suggests that their that offsets those high costs, so proven reserves than we can remain in the ground if increasing that allow companies to speed up exploration activities are highly that companies will take the time afford to burn and put into the temperatures are to be held at depreciation, which means they dependent on public support,” the to invest in a relatively high-risk, atmosphere if we’re going to meet 2 Celsius, beyond which conse- can deduct their capital spending report says. competitive global market.” the international goal for climate quences are expected to be dire. more quickly. Brunnen questioned the report’s Kretzmann pointed out that change,” said Stephen Kretzmann, Yet energy exploration continues, Using subsidy definitions from methods and its conclusions. G20 countries promised five years director of Oil Change Internation- often encouraged by public policy. the World Trade Organization, Some of the measures that it ago to phase out “inefficient” sub- al, which co-authored the report The Oil Change think-tank the think-tank calculated the total considers energy industry sub- sidies to the energy industry. released Tuesday with the Overseas used data from the Organization value of those breaks – not includ- sidies are in fact available to all “This is the most inefficient fos- Development Institute.