Former chief of defence staff General Rick Hillier (L) and Conservative MP for Conservative MP for Airdrie-Cochrane Blake Richards look on as Valour in the Presence of the Enemy founder Bruce Moncur speaks during a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on April 15, 2026. The Canadian Press/Adrian WyldThe federal government is facing mounting calls to establish a military honours review board, and to finally award Canada’s highest military honour.The Canadian Victoria Cross was established in 1993 to recognize acts of valour, self-sacrifice, or devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy, but it has never been awarded.
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