Help convince PM Stephen Harper not to award the Victoria Cross to the Unknown Soldier

The Globe and Mail reported on Saturday that Queen Elizabeth II would give Prime Minister Stephen Harper a new Canadian-designed Victoria Cross medal in April. According to CBC news reports this afternoon, no decision has been made as to whether or not it will be awarded to the Unknown Soldier (as it seemed to originally be planned.)

Bob Butt, spokesman for the Royal Canadian Legion, has stated that given the circumstances that, the Victoria Cross medals were typically awarded, it would not be appropriate to the Unknown Soldier.

As such, I have started an online petition asking Primer Minister Stephen Harper and Governor General Michaelle Jean to opt not to award it to the Unknown Soldier. One option might be to have it displayed at the Canadian War Museum, another would be to have it travel cross-country with the goal of educating a new generation of children. As the numbers of WWI and WWII veterans continue to decline, it is conceivable that our young ones will grow up not knowing the significance of the Victoria Cross medal and of those who received it so many years ago.

Please take a moment to follow the link below and sign the petition. At an appropriate time I will bring it to my Member of Parliament, Mauril Belanger, hoping that he will present it to the House of Commons in the spring session - should there be one.

Thank you.

www.petitiononline.com/cvc/petition.html