Minister O’Regan: on veterans, let’s compare apples to apples

A recent opinion piece in The Hill Times doesn’t quite meet that standard.

A 25-year-old with five years of service, making $60,000, who is seriously injured would have received $1.6-million of income support over the course of their life under the old program, and now they will receive $2.9-million, writes Veterans Affairs Minister Seamus O'Regan.The Hill Times file photograph

Opinion

BY VETERANS AFFAIRS MINISTER SEAMUS O’REGAN

March 21, 2018

OTTAWA—I am grateful for the opportunity to respond to the recent article by Brian Forbes (re: “O'Regan's entitled to his own opinion but not his own facts,” The Hill Times, ...

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