Bill C-15 contradicts Liberals’ social covenant to veterans

It seems the Liberal government is targeting disabled veterans and applying cost-saving measures at their expense, which should shock us all. 
Due to a miscalculation by Veteran Affairs Canada, led by Minister Jill McKnight, pictured, veterans in care homes had been overpaying for the cost of their care. Bill C-15 seeks to retroactively redefine how veterans’ benefits are calculated, and seeks to take away their right to protect their benefits through the courts, writes Anthony Broski.

I am the son of the late Lt.-Col. Stanley Broski, and have been practising medicine since my graduation from the University of Ottawa in 1986. Sadly, my father died last year in his 94thyear, after staying for nine years at Miramichi Lodge, which is a long-term ca...

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