In its century-plus of life, the Canadian Armed Forces have upheld a strong tradition of humbly, and valiantly, defending the freedom of Canada and its allies. Our soldiers have always stood up for Canada, and it’s time Canada stood up for them.

Since Confederation, the Canadian tradition of service has brought about many acts of extreme bravery. The Boer War saw five Canadians decorated with the highest military decoration in the British Empire, the Victoria Cross; the First World War, another 73; the Second, another 16. Later, our soldiers shipped off to Korea, where, in the 1950s, they repelled relentless attacks in remote mountains by waves of communist Chinese forces at night, often outnumbered and sometimes cut off from supply lines.