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The Persian Gulf Veterans of Canada (PGVC) or the Gulf War Veterans Association of Canada is a group of former Canadian Armed Forces veterans who served in the Persian Gulf region in 1990 ad 1991. There were over 4,000 Canadian Armed Forces members, many of whom came from Newfoundlandand Labrador who served during the Gulf War as part of the international coalition of countries that eventually succeeded in pushing back the Iraqi forces that had invaded Kuwait. After 1991, for several years, members of the Canadian Armed Forces served in the Gulf region in a peacekeeping capacity and embargo-enforcement efforts.

Overview
According to the PGVC web page veterans who served in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and Turkey and served between 02 October 20, 1990 and June 27, 1991 qualify to become a regular PGVC member.

The Persian Gulf Veterans of Canada or the Gulf War Veterans Association of Canada is a group of former Canadian Armed Forces veterans who served in the Persian Gulf region in 1990 ad 1991. There were over 4,000 Canadian Armed Forces members, many of whom came from Newfoundlandand Labrador who served during the Gulf War as part of the international coalition of countries that eventually succeeded in pushing back the Iraqi forces that had invaded Kuwait. After 1991, for several years, members of the Canadian Armed Forces served in the Gulf region in a peacekeeping capacity and embargo-enforcement efforts.

Background
On December 31, 1990, a formal Canadian federal government-sanctioned event was hosted at the Ottawa, Ontario-based Canadian War Museum at the request of the Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Armed Forces, General Jonathan Vance to commemorate February 28, 2016 25th anniversary of the February 28, 1991 cease-fire that marked the end of the Persian Gulf War.

American veterans of the Gulf War raised concerns that the Pentagon had not held an official commemoration ceremony. In Canada some veterans had hoped for a larger commemoration in February and when this did not happen, a number of the Canadian Gulf War veterans met in Halifax.

The Canadian Armed Forces were part of the international coalition formed during the Gulf War—a war that was launched when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. The Gulf War was "Canada's first war in nearly four decades" and Canada assigned an official war artist, Ted Zuber, to record the lives of Canadian troops in the war theatre for posterity. Zuber, who was a veteran of the Korean War where he served with the Royal Canadian Regiment, created paintings in 25 Canadian outposts in the Middle East. His subjects include the Doha, Qatar Canadian base, where Zuber experienced the first of eleven Scud missile attacks. He depicted the scene in which everyone was wearing gas masks, goggles and chemical suits, as they were under the threat of potential chemical weapons. At that time, it was "rumoured" that Saddam Hussein had the "world's largest stockpile of nerve and mustard gas." Immediately following the attack, Zuber experienced his first panic attack, according to the medical doctor who examined him.