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HONORARY APPOINTMENT [4 records]

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Record 1 2024-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Ranks
OBS

Substantive rank of appointment, but does not include brevet, honorary, local or temporary rank, except in the case of temporary brigadier-generals; and non-combatant officers, such as quartermasters, commissaries of ordnance, and others who have honorary rank, shall, for the purposes of this Act, be considered to have substantive rank corresponding to their honorary rank.

OBS

rank; rk: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grades militaires
OBS

Emploi ou grade effectif, mais ne comprend pas le grade à brevet, le grade honoraire, local ou temporaire, sauf lorsqu'il s'agit des brigadiers-généraux temporaires; et les officiers non combattants, tels que les quartiers-maîtres, les commissaires de l'artillerie, et autres qui ont un grade honoraire, doivent, pour les fins de la présente loi, être considérés comme titulaires du grade effectif qui correspond à leur grade honoraire.

OBS

Le ministère de la Défense nationale n'a pas d'abréviation officielle pour le terme «grade».

OBS

grade : terme uniformisé par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Grados militares
PHR

Grado militar.

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Record 2 2022-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ceremonial and Traditions (Military)
CONT

... the appointment of honorary colonels serves to develop and strengthen the ties between the military element and local and professional communities, businesses, industries and labour.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cérémonial et traditions (Militaire)
CONT

[...] la nomination de colonels honoraires permet de tisser des liens entre l'élément militaire et les collectivités, les entreprises, les industries et la population active professionnelle locale.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diplomacy
CONT

These diplomatic appointments and passport programs are for persons of wealth and means who are serious and can offer the host country something in return for a diplomatic appointment. For instance having a luxury office as the honorary consulate in your home country...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diplomatie
CONT

Les consulats honoraires ont des attributions beaucoup plus limitées, ils s’occupent principalement d’aide et assistance d’urgence.

Spanish

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Record 4 1988-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Ranks

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grades militaires

Spanish

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