加拿大五位部长发表联合声明 纪念原住民退伍军人日
加拿大安大略省渥太华消息，11月8日是加拿大原住民退伍军人日。退伍军人事务部长 Jill McKnight、国防部长 David J. McGuinty、皇冠与原住民关系部长 Rebecca Alty、北方与北极事务部长 Rebecca Chartrand、原住民服务部长 Mandy Gull-Masty 当天发表联合声明，向第一民族、因纽特与梅蒂斯退伍军人致敬。
声明表示，原住民军人在加拿大历次军事行动中作出重要贡献，他们的服务与牺牲值得全国铭记；联邦政府将继续支持原住民退伍军人及其家庭。
原住民退伍军人日设在每年11月8日，与11月11日的加拿大国殇纪念日（Remembrance Day）相隔三天。
（来源：加拿大退伍军人事务部）
Five Canadian Ministers Issue Joint Statement for Indigenous Veterans Day
OTTAWA, Ontario - November 8 is Indigenous Veterans Day in Canada. Veterans Affairs Minister Jill McKnight, National Defence Minister David J. McGuinty, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty, Northern and Arctic Affairs Minister Rebecca Chartrand and Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty issued a joint statement that day honouring First Nations, Inuit and Métis veterans.
The ministers said Indigenous service members have made important contributions in Canada's military operations over generations, that their service and sacrifice deserve to be remembered across the country, and that the federal government will continue to support Indigenous veterans and their families.
Indigenous Veterans Day is observed each year on November 8, three days before Remembrance Day on November 11.
(Source: Veterans Affairs Canada)
来源：加拿大退伍军人事务部
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图片来源：位于渥太华的加拿大原住民退伍军人纪念碑（图：Padraic Ryan，CC BY-SA 3.0，Wikimedia Commons） / The National Aboriginal Veterans Monument in Ottawa (Photo: Padraic Ryan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
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