By Cheryl Jahn

Council recommits to Veterans’ Covenant

Feb 2, 2024 | 2:02 PM

PRINCE GEORGE – It came about from a push a decade ago from the local branch of the Royal Canadian Legion to have the Veterans Affairs office reopen. The City became one of a handful of Canadian communities to sign a Veterans Covenant. Initially launched by Councilor Garth Frizzell, the Veterans Community Covenant offered was this vehicle for not just lobbying for reopening Veterans Affairs, which was successful, but also for demonstrating other ways that we support and celebrate our veterans and their families.

The City of Prince George followed in the footsteps of Conception Bay, Newfoundland, in committing to a covenant that pledges to develop partnerships supporting veterans, reintegrate military members and all vets into the community, afford efforts of community organizations to connect military personnel and the annual ceremonies that remember veterans and honor heroes.

“So I started digging back up and said, whatever became of our covenant and it had been left to we had had the success with the reopening,” explains Councillor Garth Frizzell, who originally brought the idea of a covenant to Council. “And it wasn’t just our success. It was all across Canada. Numerous branches got reopened, but we saw that success and then not much had happened with it. So it was a reminder, Hey, we’ve got this vehicle and we’re one of the few communities in Canada that’s done it.”

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“And so this recommitment, this pledge gives a framework for the City to have that conversation,” says Eric Depaneau. “How does this tie into what the municipality, what tax dollars are funding? How does this make sense for City of Prince George? And so in this case, that commitment gives us a strategic priority, a framework to, say, council per your commitments, per your wishes under this framework.”

The new and improved covenant reaffirms the willingness of maintaining a supportive environment where veterans are recognized, work with the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation and the Regional District of Fraser Fort George to determine interest in a more regional covenant and to formalize April 1st as the Rocky Mountain Rangers’ anniversary.