When the Veteran Affairs forest falls to the budget axe, does anyone in government hear it?

The wider federal public service has grown by 34 per cent in the last 10 years, Veterans Affairs Canada staff has grown by a mere 12 per cent. The elimination of 500 positions alone will bring VAC to below its 2001 staffing levels.

 

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