Although still a minority, the number of Canadians who believe the private sector has a responsibility 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 released today by Commissionaires. “I was struck by … 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 ›
Renata D’Aliesio EDMONTON The Globe and Mail On Remembrance Day last year, before more than 1,000 people at the Royal Canadian Legion in Wetaskiwin, Alta., a nervous Russ Lee walked toward the microphone. A provincial sheriff in the small Alberta community and a former soldier, he had never before talked publicly about his time in … Read more ›
timescolonist.com By Darron Kloster There’s a new face at the head of the Commissionaires Victoria, the Islands and Yukon. The organization, which offers security services and is the largest private sector employer of Canadian Armed Forces and RCMP veterans, has named Gary Paulson as its new chief executive. Paulson, who spent the last 10 years as … Read more ›
LtoR: Capt(N) Paul A. Guindon (Ret’d), CEO, Commissionaires Ottawa; Major Jean-Louis Arnaud, Supervisor of the Year, Commissionaires Ottawa; and The Honourable Kent Hehr, Minister of Veterans Affairs, Associate Minister of National Defence and Guest of Honour at Commissionaires Ottawa’s 2016 Annual Awards Ceremony. LtoR: Capt(N) Paul A. Guindon (Ret’d), CEO, Commissionaires Ottawa; Cmre … 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 ›