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Enforce the Veterans Hiring Act, says MP McCauley as committee finds former soldiers still underhired

A House Government Operations and Estimates Committee report highlights a lack of tools and services available to military members and veterans to help them navigate the federal public service hiring process.
Conservative MP Kelly McCauley says we have to 'un-complicate' the federal public service hiring process for military veterans, saying 'it bars a lot of well qualified Canadians' from government jobs.
Despite laws in place to ensure that military veterans get the first crack at federal public service jobs, a recent House committee report says there's a lack of recognition by managers in the value of hiring vets and a need for clear targets to implement the Veterans Hiring Act, with a Co...

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