Starting on July 1st, 2016, the new mandatory electronic fingerprinting for criminal record checks for federal government employment security screening. Q1: Why is the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) replacing name-based criminal record checks? Name-based checks have weaknesses due to variances in spelling, common surnames, use of nicknames, name changes, etc. Fingerprint verification is the … Read more ›
La Division de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador de Commissionnaires félicite Willam D. Mahoney, OMM CD, membre de son Conseil des gouverneurs, d’avoir été nommé récipiendaire de l’Ordre de Terre-Neuve et du Labrador. Frank F. Fagan, Lieutenant gouverneur de Terre-Neuve, a rendu hommage à neuf récipiendaires lors d’une cérémonie tenue le 16 décembre à la résidence du Gouverneur général. … Read more ›
Ottawa, ON — November 8, 2016 — Although still a minority, the number of Canadians who believe the private sector has the highest obligation to help veterans find jobs more than doubled from five per cent last year to 12 percent in 2016, according to a new national survey conducted by NANOS RESEARCH Group and … Read more ›
Today at Queen’s Park, Members of Provincial Parliament (MPP) unanimously passed the Remembrance Week Act, 2016 designating the week leading up to Remembrance Day as “Remembrance Week”. The bill was sponsored by MPP Jim Wilson (Simcoe-Grey), and co-sponsored by MPPs John Fraser (Ottawa South) and Cheri DiNovo (Parkdale-High Park). Veterans and representatives from various organizations, … Read more ›
Two honoured with special commendations and 100+ honoured for long serviceMinister of Veterans Affairs serves as Guest of Honour of Annual Awards Ceremony More than 100 employees of Commissionaires Ottawa, many of whom are military and RCMP veterans, were honoured on 20 October 2016 with special commendations or long service medals. The awards ceremony was … Read more ›
Saturday August 20th, 2016 at 10:30am Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Come out and support all your veterans, Canadian Armed Forces and our own Commissionaires Great Lakes Ceremonial Marching Unit at the annual Warrior’s Day Parade. Established in 1921, The Warriors’ Day Parade takes place in August of each year during the opening weekend … Read more ›