From a Veterans Affairs Canada perspective, there is no plan to participate in any Victory of Europe Day on May 8 in Europe. We will concentrate on an event here at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, where we expect upwards of 200 Second World War veterans will attend. Our focus at this point is really the liberation of the Netherlands from May 1 to May 10, and working with the Dutch very closely in terms of their thematics. They want to have commemoration on May 3, 4, and 5, and after May 5 it becomes more of a celebration as we lead into May 9, and it will be the final farewell of Canada's veterans in Holland.
On March 31st, 2015. See this statement in context.