Veterans Affairs Canada

Mental Health Issues Skyrocketing

CBC | Posted 05.01.2013 | Canada Living

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The number of soldiers and RCMP officers suffering from mental health injuries such as post-traumatic stress disorder has skyrocketed over the last si...

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Why Are We in Such a Hurry to Forget Veterans?

Jeff Rose-Martland | Posted 01.29.2013 | Canada

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Every year, we put on a poppy, read a few feel-good stories about the surviving Second World War veterans, and maybe observe a moment of silence on the 11th. But veterans' news stories disappear almost immediately and are replaced with tales of holiday consumer-orgies. We should not be so quick to forget them.

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Privacy Violation as a Weapon Against Veterans

Jeff Rose-Martland | Posted 01.16.2013 | Canada

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?

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Minister Defends Decision To Halt Vets Privacy Breach Probe

CBC | Posted 01.10.2013 | Canada Politics

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

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Veterans Minister Quietly Killed Privacy Probe

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

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

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The Myths We Believe About Canadian Veterans

Jeff Rose-Martland | Posted 12.31.2012 | Canada

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With all the veterans Canada has, you wouldn't think we need an awareness campaign. Yet the number one comment I hear from the veteran's community is that civilians either don't know what is happening to them or, worse, don't care. Here is what I have concluded.

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What Are We Feeding Our Veterans?

CP | Alison Auld, The Canadian Press | Posted 10.04.2012 | Canada Politics

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HALIFAX - Some elderly residents of a veterans hospital in Halifax are asking that someone take a closer look at the food they're being served, claimi...

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On Their Own?

CBC | Posted 10.04.2012 | Canada

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Federal cuts are threatening the future of a program that hires veterans who have been medically discharged from the Canadian Forces, according to a L...

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So Army Execs Deserve Bonuses and Veterans Don't?

Peter Worthington | Posted 08.21.2012 | Canada

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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.

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Who Cares About Veterans? Not Minister Blaney

Jeff Rose-Martland | Posted 08.04.2012 | Canada Politics

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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.

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Bureaucrats Cleared For Violating Veterans' Privacy

CP | Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press | Posted 07.26.2012 | Canada Politics

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OTTAWA - An independent investigator who reviewed privacy violations at Veterans Affairs Canada told the Harper government in late 2010 it was appropr...

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Federal Agency Slammed Over Treatment Of Veterans

CP | Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press | Posted 07.07.2012 | Canada Politics

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OTTAWA - The Harper government moved quickly Monday to limit the damage of a scathing report from Canada's veterans ombudsman, who accused a review ag...

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How a Typo Ruined a Veteran's Life

Jeff Rose-Martland | Posted 06.23.2012 | Canada

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A recent documentary shows how in 2004, a Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) typo sent a veteran's pension into somebody else's bank account. VAC won't take responsibility for the problem. They deprived a man of his rightful income for months, but, when it comes to the impact, VAC is as uncaring as a hit-and-run driver.

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Sleepy Tory MP Bounced From Committee

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.28.2012 | Canada Politics

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OTTAWA - A Conservative MP accused of falling asleep during a presentation by homeless veterans has been removed from the House of Commons committee w...

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Line In The Sand Drawn Over Veterans Cuts

CP | Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.05.2012 | Canada Politics

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OTTAWA - Federal opposition parties and advocates drew a line in the sand on Monday, demanding the Conservative government protect Veterans Affairs Ca...

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Why Punish Veterans With Gov't Cuts?

Irene Mathyssen, MP | Posted 01.23.2012 | Canada Politics

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The government has a responsibility to provide specialized health care services to veterans as part of its moral obligation to those who served. Certainly, losses of beds available to veterans in hospitals indicates that the government is not upholding this responsibility.

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Vets Skeptical Of Ottawa's Depleted Uranium Promise

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 01.09.2012 | Canada Politics

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OTTAWA - Veterans' advocates are skeptical of a federal government promise to study the effects of exposure to depleted uranium after years of ignorin...

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Homeless Vets Problem Set To Explode?

CP | Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.07.2012 | Canada Politics

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OTTAWA - Standing a few discreet metres away from those selling Remembrance Day poppies at shopping centres across the country this week will be the r...

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Veterans Across Canada Protest Budget Cuts

CBC | Posted 01.05.2012 | Canada

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

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Major Job Cuts At Veterans Affairs

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

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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...

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Veterans Affairs Faces Hundreds Of Job Cuts

CP | Posted 12.20.2011 | Canada Politics

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CHARLOTTETOWN - The Charlottetown Guardian says Veterans Affairs Canada plans to cut 500 positions over the next four years.Citing an unnamed source, ...

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Veterans Say Feds Denying Travel Benefits To See Psychiatrists

CP | Alison Auld, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.09.2011 | Canada Politics

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Former members of the Canadian military who are struggling with mental health problems say they're being denied benefits from Veterans Affairs to cove...

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