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2011: A Year of Change
It was a year highlighted by a royal visit, a special ceremony at Dominion Command and a year when change to a more progressive Legion started.
Dominion President Patricia (Pat) Varga started the Focus on the Future Committee to look at where The Royal Canadian Legion was headed and how it could get there. A marketing strategy was commissioned and new initiatives started. But throughout the year the regular committees and departments went about their work.
March 31, 2012, by Bob Butt
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Stalled Legislation Concerns Legion Executive
The lack of movement on legislation which would improve the New Veterans Charter and the threat of the bill being lost should an election be called dominated discussions when members of Dominion Executive Council (DEC) met in Ottawa Feb. 26-27.
Dominion President Pat Varga told DEC members it was imperative that these measures are put into place, even though the Legion sees the improvements as only a first step. She asked DEC for its input.
DEC responded by authorizing letters to be sent to Veterans Affairs Minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn as well as all members of Parliament. In addition, a draft letter was [...]
May 10, 2011
