Federal government needs to stand up for troops, they’re not

Troops and veterans will accept their responsibility to those who serve. We shall organize and we shall diligently seek to elect a government that will support our troops during the next election. Lest we forget.

NIAGARA FALLS, ONT.—Perhaps it is appropriate Veterans Affairs Minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn chose to use the phrase drawing a line in the sand when recently describing his government's refusal to address the New Veterans Charters lump sum award. The battlefields of Afghanistan are arid, t...

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