In Saskatchewan, 7,000 medals will be awarded beginning later this spring. We'll also continue to follow this issue in future Fascinators.)
(Further information from other jurisdictions was not available. Still others - including Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec - aren't offering a medal but will mark the jubilee in other ways. Others - including New Brunswick and Manitoba - appear to be considering it. David Johnston, left, and Prime Minister Stephen Harper unveil the design for the Diamond Jubilee medal presented to mark the Queen's 60 years on the throne in 2012. "They are golden opportunity for our country through the sovereign to recognize the unsung heroes and heroines," he added, and this year could "recognize all those people, paid and unpaid, emergency responders, doctors, medical officers, nurses, clinics, everybody who worked so hard to get us through the pandemic."Īmong the provinces, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia have announced plans for Platinum Jubilee medals. not just the bigshots," he said over Zoom from his home in Regina. That federal decision was a disappointment for Jackson, who sees such medals as part of a well-established tradition of Canadian honours and as a way to acknowledge the achievements of ordinary Canadians.
once they realized that the feds weren't going to do a Platinum Jubilee medal." "A number of the provinces have got together. "This is no coincidence of course," said Michael Jackson, president of the Institute for the Study of the Crown in Canada. While the federal government has decided not to offer medals to mark Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee, some provinces will provide their own honours to recognize both her 70 years of service and contributions of their residents. This is your regular dose of royal news and analysis. Reading this online? Sign up here to get this delivered to your inbox.
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