National Service
- Russ Bannock, Canada's second-highest scoring ace of World War II
- Nellie McClung, first woman appointed to the Board of Governors of the CBC (1936). One of The Famous Five
- Emily Murphy, first female magistrate in British Empire and petitioned Supreme Court of Canada to allow women the vote. One of the The Famous Five
- Douglas Roche, O.C., Former M.P., Senator, U.N. Ambassador, nuclear disarmament figure, author, and journalist
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Famous quotes containing the words national and/or service:
“If the national security is involved, anything goes. There are no rules. There are people so lacking in roots about what is proper and what is improper that they don’t know there’s anything wrong in breaking into the headquarters of the opposition party.”
—Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900–1980)
“Let not the tie be mercenary, though the service is measured in money. Make yourself necessary to somebody. Do not make life hard to any.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)