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Steven Blaney

Privacy Violation as a Weapon Against Veterans

Jeff Rose-Martland | Posted 01.16.2013 | Canada
Jeff Rose-Martland

There are many cases of privacy violation at Veterans Affairs. Those that have gone public have two things in common: they have all spoken out about VAC policy and they are all veterans. Some can prove the Minister was given their information. Some can only prove that Ministerial staff was reading their files. Why is this happening?

Minister Defends Decision To Halt Vets Privacy Breach Probe

CBC | Posted 01.10.2013 | Canada Politics

Veterans Affairs Minister Steven Blaney is defending his decision to halt an investigation by Canada's veterans ombudsman into a controversial breach ...

Veterans Minister Quietly Killed Privacy Probe

CP | Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.09.2013 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - An investigation by Canada's veterans ombudsman into a controversial breach of privacy was quietly shut down last year on the instructions of...

So Army Execs Deserve Bonuses and Veterans Don't?

Peter Worthington | Posted 08.21.2012 | Canada
Peter Worthington

Though the Department of National Defence is cutting 1,000 jobs for austerity, some 157 employees will be sharing $2 million in bonuses. The whole bonus tradition in both public service and the private sector should cease. None of us has any control over what the private sector does, but government employees get enough perks as it is without extra money for doing the job they are paid for.

Who Cares About Veterans? Not Minister Blaney

Jeff Rose-Martland | Posted 08.04.2012 | Canada Politics
Jeff Rose-Martland

In June 2011, shortly after Steven Blaney was appointed Minister of Veterans Affairs, Cpl Fabien Melanson, a vet, stopped eating to protest years of neglect by VAC. But the Minister, it seems, felt no responsibility. He did not speak to the veteran. And he still hasn't. Blaney has willfully neglected his duties. If he will not rectify that, then he should resign.

Veteran Pleads With Harper To Fix Leaky, Abusive Review Board

CP | Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.07.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - A long-standing member of Canada's embattled veterans review board is appealing to Prime Minister Stephen Harper directly to launch a judicia...

Althia Raj

The Sealing Industry Is Dead: Senator

HuffingtonPost.com | Althia Raj | Posted 02.02.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA — While MPs prepare to pose Thursday for photographs with seal fur pins on their lapels in support of the sealing industry, one Liberal senat...

Veterans Across Canada Protest Budget Cuts

CBC | Posted 01.05.2012 | Canada

Veterans across Canada staged protests on Saturday to rally against $226 million in proposed budget clawbacks targeting Veterans Affairs. ...

Former Soldier Prepares For Hunger Strike

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 01.04.2012 | Canada

LEVIS, Que. - A former soldier who says he was poisoned while serving overseas is planning to start a hunger strike Saturday in front of the office of...

Ill Canadian Vet Plans Hunger Strike

CP | Andy Blatchford, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.30.2011 | Canada Politics

MONTREAL - An ex-soldier who says he was poisoned while serving overseas is planning to go on a hunger strike outside the office of Canada's veterans ...

Major Job Cuts At Veterans Affairs

CP | Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.25.2011 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - Canada's Veterans Affairs Department is expected to get smaller by 500 jobs over the next few years, a House of Commons committee was told Tu...

Canadian History Just Bunk to Make a Buck

Mark Bourrie | Posted 09.12.2011 | Canada
Mark Bourrie

Don't feel guilty if you couldn't pass the silly Canadian history trivia tests that ran in most of the country's newspapers recently. A lot of people in governments, universities and publishing companies make good salaries working with Canadian history every day don't care much about it, either.