The Harper government will roll out the red carpet for the Canadian military and their families today by presenting battle honours to the army and air force units that fought in Afghanistan and navy ships that deployed for the war on terror, The Canadian Press has learned.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper will announce on Friday that 63 army regiments, including special forces and the navy's fleet diving unit, and four squadrons of the air will be bestowed an Afghanistan Theatre Honour and 15 warships will receive the Arabian Sea honour.
CBC will have live coverage of a special ceremony in the Senate for fallen soldiers at 10:30 a.m. ET and the National Day of Honour Friday starting at noon ET on CBC News Network and livestreamed on CBCNews.ca.
Battle honours are a public recognition that carry historical weight for soldiers, aircrew and sailors and help forge the identity of the units in which they serve.
Theatre honours are give out for participation in overall campaigns and are different from the recognition given individual units for specific battles, such as D-Day in the Second World War and Vimy Ridge during the First World War.
On Thursday, Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino announced plans to etch the dates of the 12-year guerilla war into the National War Memorial.
As well, a cenotaph that once stood behind the Canadian headquarters in Kandahar will be reassembled and given a permanent home in Ottawa.
A portion of that memorial is on display in Parliament and will tour the country, arriving back in Ottawa in time for Remembrance Day.
On Friday, there will be a parade, a memorial service in the Senate involving families of the dead, a 21-gun salute and two flypasts of helicopters and aircraft that took part in the war in Afghanistan.
The day will begin with a closed-door breakfast involving the families.
A Canadian Forces CH-147 Chinook helicopter prepares to land on Parliament Hill in Ottawa Thursday May 8, 2014 in preparation for Canada's National Day of Honour taking place Friday. (Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press)
It's being organized by the True Patriot Love Foundation, but paid for by corporate sponsors, some of which have forked over as much as $3,500 for four tickets.
Other companies, such as Air Canada, have contributed as much as $200,000 towards the event — something that has made opposition politicians and even some family members uneasy.
But Bronwen Evans, the executive director of the foundation, described it as a way for the business community to show its appreciation.
"The mandate of the True Patriot Love Foundation is to build bridges between our military and civilian worlds, and if corporate Canada was not included in the Day of Honour we would be missing an important and large sector of Canadian society," Evans said in an email.
"We believe that it's essential that our military, veterans and their families feel the support of all sectors — the public and not-for-profit sectors will be there, and the corporate sector should be there too."
If there is a surplus from the breakfast event, the foundation will put the money towards defraying the cost of hosting the families in Ottawa, she added.
Historian Jack Granatstein says there's been a lot of attention on the corporate involvement, but it's not much different than business involvement and sponsorship of war bond drives during the Second World War.
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