Veterans will remember on Nov. 11, but not the way Ottawa wants

We should remember veterans' sacrifices and finding ways to make those who survive whole again. Unfortunately, for many veterans and an increasing number of other Canadians, remembering injustice, inequity, and abusive bureaucratic practices has overshadowed honouring sacrifice.

Remembrance Day is fast approaching, but improvement for disabled veterans has been a slow trickle of painfully inadequate or insensitively administered programs, writes veterans advocate Sean Bruyea.The Hill Times file photograph

Opinion

BY SEAN BRUYEA

October 29, 2018

OTTAWA—The Liberals created an unnecessary and enduring lightning rod for veteran discontent in 2005. Back then, they rammed legislation through Ottawa’s sausage factory, replacing lifelong pensions with one-time lump sums to compensate veterans with lifelong disabling injuries. Beginning April...

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