[Grig]

Long standing Canadian policy is against the acceptance of foreign honours without the specific consent of the Government of Canada.

Well, lets clear that up a bit. There was a law someothing like that which was on the books, but everyone, including the PM ignored it untill Conrad Black (a dual Canadian/UK citizen) was offered peerage in the UK. Because Mr. Black was the founder of the thorn-in-the-liberals-side National Post, and because the PM is a petty childish idiot, he (ab)used his powers to stop it, even though since C.B. was a dual citizen that law didn't really apply to him.

Now they have to oppose these Bronze Stars to maintain the farce that what they did before was right.

[Snowyman]

The "law" you are refering had/has to do with giving of hereditary titles, not metals. We've had lots of "Sirs" and even more foreign awarded metals.

[Clive]

It also took 5 years in the 1950s before the 2nd Patricias were permitted to wear the Presidential Unit Citation ribbon that they had earned at Kap'yong.

OTOH, as you have said, the government has not been so reluctant to allow knighthoods and peerages to be accepted (Conrad Black excepted).

[Heyworth]

While there have been lots of US soldiers getting foreign medals over the years (Sgt.. York, Audie Murphy), the restrictions have been pretty tight, in general. http://foxfall.com/fm-index.htm