Topic: Medals
René Jalbert, Sergeant-at-Arms at the Quebec National Assembly
The Canada Gazette, No. 29, Vol. 118
Part I
Ottawa, Saturday, July 21, 1984
Government House
Ottawa
Canadian Bravery Decorations
The Governor General, the Right Honourable JEANNE SAUVÉ, on the recommendation of the Canadian Decorations Advisory Committee, has awarded bravery decorations as follows:
Cross of Valour
RENÉ MARC JALBERT, C.D.
In a rare display of coolheadedness and courage, René Jalbert, Sergeant-at-Arms at the Quebec National Assembly, subdued a man who had killed three people and wounded thirteen more on the morning of 8 May 1984.
The man had entered a side door of the National Assembly building and immediately opened fire with a submachine-gun; moments later, be climbed the main staircase toward the assembly chamber, known as the Blue Room, shooting repeatedly, and then burst into the chamber. As bullets peppered the wall, Mr . Jalbert entered the Blue Room and with icy calm convinced the man to allow several employees to leave the premises. Then be invited the heavily armed man into his downstairs office, in effect setting himself up as hostage while removing the man from the scene. At extreme personal risk, but with unflinching authority, Mr. Jalbert spent four hours persuading the man to surrender to police. The audacity of this retired Major of The Royal 22nd Regiment, a Second World War and Korean War veteran, almost certainly prevented a higher death toll.
Canadian Bravery Decorations
Regulation, 1996
Cross of Valour
(1) The Cross of Valour shall be awarded for acts of the most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme peril.
(2) The Cross of Valour shall consist of a gold cross of four equal limbs, as follows:
(a) the obverse shall be enamelled red and edged in gold with, superimposed in the centre, a gold maple leaf surrounded by a gold wreath of laurel; and
(b) on the reverse, the Royal Cipher and Crown and the words VALOUR - VAILLANCE shall appear.
- Wikipedia: René Marc Jalbert
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- Medals photo source: Citadelle Quebec
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