Correctional Service of Canada honours fallen employees during Laval memorial ceremony
Nearly 100 people gathered in Laval on November 7 for the Correctional Service of Canada’s annual Memorial Ceremony for Fallen Employees.
Held during the period surrounding Remembrance Day, the ceremony pays tribute to employees of the Correctional Service of Canada’s Quebec Region who lost their lives while on duty.
Correctional Service employees, retirees, partners and dignitaries attended the ceremony, including Alfred-Pellan MP Angelo Iacono.
Ceremony began at Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Church
The commemoration began at Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Church on Lévesque Boulevard East with a Liturgy of the Word.
The names of fallen employees were then read aloud in their memory.
A Guard of Honour, correctional officers and guests later took part in a procession accompanied by Royal Canadian Mounted Police pipes and drums.
Tribute at Laval cenotaph
The procession continued to the Correctional Learning and Development Centre, also located on Lévesque Boulevard East.
A short ceremony was held at the cenotaph erected there in memory of Correctional Service employees who died in the line of duty.
The annual gathering provides the Correctional Service of Canada’s Quebec Region, its current and retired personnel and its partners with an opportunity to formally commemorate colleagues who lost their lives while performing their duties.
The ceremony took place four days before Remembrance Day, observed annually across Canada on November 11.
(A.G.M)
