in canada, every citizen has the right to petition the crown for a grant of arms. canadians who have been appointed to the order of canada are automatically entitled to receive an award of arms including the ribbon of the order, or should they already be armigerous, to encircle their extant arms with the ribbon. amongst others, all members of the privy council are entitled to supporters in their arms, as are the speakers of the house of commons and the senate, companions of the order of canada, commanders of the orders of military merit, merit of the police forces, and of the royal victorian order.