CEREMONY COMMEMORATING THE CENTENNIAL OF THE CANADIAN NAVY, SENATE CHAMBER
May 4, 2010

Speaker Kinsella welcomes Vice-Admiral Dean McFadden, CMM, CD, Chief of the Maritime Staff and Commander of the Navy, to the Senate of Canada

Speaker Kinsella enters the Senate Chamber with the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada

Speaker Kinsella welcomes everyone to the Senate of Canada

The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada

The Honourable Peter Milliken, Speaker of the House of Commons

The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, explains the Naval Bell

Ceremonial waters gathered from Canada’s three oceans and the Great Lakes are poured into the bell and blessed by Commander Richard M.P. Durrett, CD, UNFICYP, CPSM, Navy Command Chaplain

Vice-Admiral Dean McFadden, CMM, CD, Chief of the Maritime Staff and Commander of the Navy, presents the Naval Bell to the people of Canada

The change watch is marked by Chief Petty Officer Robert Cléroux