Manitoba Lieutenant Governor

Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba

The Honourable Anita R. Neville, P.C., O.M.

RCMP Spring Long Service and Good Conduct Medal and Awards Ceremony

Remarks by

The Honourable Anita Neville, P.C., O.M.

Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba

RCMP LONG SERVICE AWARDS

Lower Fort Garry

Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 1:00 p.m.

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Members and friends of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

It’s a pleasure to join you today to recognize long and exemplary service to the people of Canada.

As we begin this ceremony, we acknowledge that we are gathered in Treaty One land and in the homeland of the Red River Metis. In fact, this beautiful historic site was where the first of Canada’s numbered treaties was signed.

We acknowledge as well that from the Red River to Hudson Bay, this province is the ancestral and present-day home of the Anishinaabe, Cree, Dakota, Dene, Inuit and Red River Metis peoples.

An historic site of national significance is an appropriate place to pay homage to men and women who have dedicated their careers to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

The individuals being recognized today embody the history of Canada and connect Canadians today to a 151 year old tradition of service.

Today we are recognizing individuals who have provided diligent, dedicated service for at least twenty years.

  • We are recognizing individuals who have served in remote and rural communities and individuals who have served in major cities.
  • We are recognizing individuals who have been out on the road in all weather, at all hours to keep our communities safe and investigate crimes.
  • We are recognizing those who have provided leadership to Canada’s national police force.

An institution of any sort is only as strong and as effective as the people who work in it.

For the RCMP to fulfill its complex, many-faceted mandate, it requires talented, hard-working, deeply dedicated individuals to step forward. Fortunately, there has been no shortage of such men and women who have aspired to the iconic red serge.

As Lieutenant Governor, I thank of each of today’s recipients for your service to Canada and for serving as inspirations to younger and future members who will walk in your footsteps in the decades to come.

Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition.

Thank you. Merci. Meegwich. Shalom