Veterans Funding

• Wait times, broken promises leave veterans and their families feeling desperate

  Veterans Affairs meets or exceeds its own 16-week standard for processing disability and health-care benefit applications in just one-third of cases, according to government data.

  Canada

  Mar 12, 2020
  
• Government needs a plan for backlog of veterans’ aid applications: ombudsman

  Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay says eliminating the backlog is his top priority and the department is trying to move files along faster.

  Canada

  Feb 20, 2020
  
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• Parliament unanimously approves plan to stop leaving money unspent at Veterans Affairs Canada

  The NDP plan could mean as much as $124 million a year more for Canadian veterans and their families. The plan could also reduce wait times for disability benefits and other services.

  Canada

  Nov 6, 2018
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• EXCLUSIVE: NDP to table motion requiring Veterans Affairs to carry over unspent funds

  Trudeau's government has left more than $372 million of funds for Veterans' Affairs service delivery unspent since 2015, while the Harper government left $1.1 billion unspent between 2006 and 2013.

  Canada

  Nov 4, 2018
• Roy Green: It’s about the money, not the veterans

  Individual stories of abandoned, wounded and homeless veterans are many. Deflecting responsibility for the care of such warriors has become a political art form.

  Feb 3, 2018
• Poppy under pressure: Veterans forced to ‘sing for their supper’

  "It took me eight months to get my certificate from the military to show I was actually a member."

  Investigations

  Jan 23, 2018