Has a well-intentioned minister of veterans affairs been co-opted by a cliché?

Secrecy reflexively defended with misinformation is the Veterans Affairs way of doing things over the past decade. Nothing has apparently changed under the new Liberal government.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s mandate letter emphasizes 'inclusion, honesty, and generosity of spirit,' but so far Veterans Affairs Minister Kent Hehr’s, pictured right with Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett, first steps with his advisory groups has been anything but, writes Sean Bruyea. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY SEAN BRUYEA

April 11, 2016

OTTAWA—"Plus ça change…" the more things stay the same is a humiliating truism for veterans. Has a well-intentioned minister of Veterans Affairs been co-opted by a cliché? This past week, a ministerial advisory group met under highly surreptitious circumstances. Identity of members, their cre...

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