Sunday, August 2, 2015

Fake US Veteran Caused Change in Canada

Fake War Veteran At Citizenship Ceremonies Prompts New Safeguards From Ottawa 
CBC
Posted: 07/31/2015
The review was a direct result of the actions of Donald Lemmond, a 67-year-old who posed an American and Canadian war veteran with service medals from the Vietnam and Afghanistan war, among other medals.
The federal government has implemented new rules covering how veterans are invited to citizenship ceremonies, after a fake war veteran participated in Hamilton-area ceremonies last Remembrance Day.

Citizen and Immigration Canada (CIC) has implemented a number of safeguards, including having CIC officials liaise with regional veterans associations, verify their records and prevent dishonorably discharged veterans from participating. read more here

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