Elephant in the room remains at Veterans Affairs Canada

The government has failed to meet expectations on its mandated commitment to ‘re-establish lifelong pensions’ so that a comparable level of financial security is provided to all disabled veterans and their families.

The department should be collaborating to ‘think outside the box’ and o create a comprehensive program model that would essentially treat all veterans with parallel disabilities in the same manner as to the application of benefits and wellness policies, writes Brian Forbes.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY BRIAN N. FORBES

January 25, 2021

In these challenging times, and with a pending election on the horizon, Canadian veterans and their families will be closely monitoring all federal leaders to determine which party is prepared to make a substantial commitment to rectifying the shortfalls and inequities which continue to be found in ...

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