We attended the ceremony at Calgary's Military Museums, as usual there was a good turnout. There was a significant security presence from CPS with the usual tac team spotter & sniper members on overwatch from the museum roof, though I also saw some other tac team members when I was checking out a Mercedes van similar to my own; as I walked past the van from the rear there were two grey-clad officers inside it with their AR-15's slung. I got a laugh out of them with an off-hand comment I made. While the ceremony probably has half the attendance of an NHL hockey game, perhaps it has the more robust and highly-visible security present due to the general make-up of the crowd being largely conservative folks presenting a more tempting target to certain groups who might want to attack such a crowd?
MP Kent Hehr's speech ended with barely any audible applause whatsoever. I had to get a chilly Caber Jr some hot chocolate and walked over to the food truck during the local NDP MLA's speech; I didn't notice much, if any, applause after that one either.
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