Veterans Canada

09/08/2022

Very sad to learn that the Queen has passed away today. I personally met Her Royal Highness during the 1987 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Vancouver, BC.

LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!

RIP - Maam

Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday in her Scottish residence, Balmoral Castle, with several members of the Royal Family by her side.

04/17/2020

FYI

Haven’t received your Veteran’s Service Card? The VSC mailout has been temporarily put on hold to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Production will start again as soon as it is safe to do so.

04/09/2020

I'm sorry but this is absolutely the most idiotic thing you have ever said

https://globalnews.ca/video/6800575/coronavirus-outbreak-trudeau-compares-covid-19-struggles-to-canadians-achievements-at-battle-of-vimy-ridge?fbclid=IwAR1rBbmb5RcH6pZHZ71_PbcMkcHNAM6U4um8Ar7gHTi0iQF2hGUnAmair-Q

Watch Coronavirus outbreak: Trudeau compares COVID-19 struggles to Canadian’s achievements at Battle of Vimy Ridge Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

04/02/2020

https://www.chroniclejournal.com/news/national/feds-urged-to-approve-all-veterans-claims-in-backlog-amid-covid-19-fears/article_6e8156af-8442-5de1-957a-00c301eef509.html

OTTAWA - One of Canada's largest veterans' organizations is urging the federal government to automatically approve the roughly 44,000 outstanding applications for disability benefits from injured veterans to help them

03/29/2020

So here is Colin Evans singing "Long Way Home." In this video there is a picture of us in front of our modular tent in Yugoslavia (Croatia) Please listen and support this amazing singer & VETERAN! Good Job, very proud of you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxITk8bgUlM&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1z1Vokbf7J1ImNHEacrSBhagmHpljjyEtG9fJt_gxTWuC3lJfadkFyPL8

Long Way Home official music video of Colin Evans. A portion of all proceeds from the sale of this song will go towards helping veterans and first responders...

03/11/2020

03/10/2020

Are the NDP embarrassed for propping up the Liberal Government? Where is the SUPPORT for the Veterans Community? All talk no action … :( https://toronto.citynews.ca/2020/03/10/liberals-defends-4m-transfer-from-operating-budget-amid-veterans-backlog-fury/

OTTAWA — The Liberal government is defending its choice to take more than $4 million from Veterans Affairs Canada’s operating budget at a time when the department is struggling with a backlog of tens of thousands of disability applications from injured ex-soldiers. Veterans Affairs Minister Lawr...

11/29/2019

How low can this Government go!! Good job Sean BRUYEA for digging deep to shed light on this deceitful policy. But who was the Minister of Veterans Affairs at the time? Who was the employee that suggested this?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/veterans-affairs-social-media-influencers-1.5377108

Canada's veterans department shied away from a proposal to use social media "influencers" to get its message out to an increasingly fractured and frustrated community of former soldiers, sailors and aircrew, federal documents reveal.

09/06/2019

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/paperwork-keeping-us-from-helping-veterans-case-workers-complain-1.4581378

Case managers assigned to assist Canada's most severely disabled veterans say they are being forced to spend more of their time filling out paperwork than helping patients.

05/25/2019

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-revenue-agency-disabled-tax-credit-1.5148859?cmp=newsletter-news-digests-cbc-news-politics&fbclid=IwAR03azhZf4ZyfpliCj6XGhMXXYUf_FU_xYInu1tS4mDKcb62304ZbA2zipY

A tax credit that's supposed to lift disabled Canadians out of poverty isn't helping some of the people who need it, says a new report for the federal government.

05/21/2019

Please read and then share this article to spread the word about how Canada's Veterans are under attack by Veterans Affairs Canada

https://www.spencerfernando.com/2019/05/21/disabled-veterans-under-attack-by-veterans-affairs-canada/

Canadian Veteran Medric Cousineau details yet another betrayal inflicted upon Canada's heroes. The following is the text of a post made by Canadian

04/30/2019

Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay's spokesman Alex Wellstead said the government is committed to better supporting those who have served in uniform by hiring more staff and making it easier to access services.

"If a veteran requires a case manager, they will receive the best care possible until they feel they have made a successful transition," he said.

https://ottawacitizen.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/feds-falling-short-on-promise-to-provide-better-case-management-to-vets/wcm/ed9e6fe3-f8ba-4ce7-8120-48b12fea503a

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is failing in its promise to spread the heavy caseloads borne by staff at Veterans Affairs Canada in an effort to make sure veterans are served properly, accor…

04/04/2019

Is it just me that heard the Minister of Veterans Affairs Canada - Seamus O'Regan and the Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs Canada - Walter Natynczyk say on Facebook live when they announced Pension For Life (PFL) that those on Career Impact Allowance Supplement would be grandfathered?

Here is what my letter from Veterans Affairs says and reflects:

We are writing to inform you that as of 1 April 2019 the following programs have ended as a result of recent amendments to the Veterans Well-being Act.

* Earnings Loss Benefit (Now IRB)
* CIA and CIA Supplement. (Only CIA is now Additional Pain and Suffering. THE SUPPLEMENT IS GONE)
* Retirement Income Security Benefit (Now IRB after 65)
*Supplementary Retirement Benefit (Discontinued only for IRB and not those on SISIP)

YOU ARE BOTH LYING $& #$ #@%^&*^(&*

03/29/2019

Veterans Affairs Canada explains the changes to Veterans and their families brought about by Pension for Life.

03/14/2019

Veterans Canada has called for this since 2007

https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/veterans-inquiry-1.5053228?fbclid=IwAR2uNQGT-E-mGDn2ZaDycOeV8I_xdYtlyeAiCy9AfgmfQxmR-0WoEhO02hE

Veterans and their families need to tell the story of how they have been repeatedly stigmatized, marginalized, betrayed and abandoned by the government system they were willing to die defending.

03/08/2019

So for many years I have been suggesting solutions to limit the number of claims from injured veterans. But when the bureaucracy makes the decisions and would prefer to hire more employees who do less work... nothing will ever change.

One solution would be that if a veteran is deemed Diminished Earning Capacity (DEC) and will never be employable, then raise them to 100% and they will be no more claims... just CARE.

How many less claims would there be with this solution? Would there be a savings with the need for less Public Service Employees?

Just my thoughts...what do you think?

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2019/03/07/nearly-40000-canadian-veterans-waiting-for-disability-benefits-as-backlog-keeps-growing.html

Not only did that represent an increase of 11,000 from the previous year, but wait times similarly increased as the percentage of applications sitting in the queue longer than 16 weeks grew.

03/01/2019

P.E.I. MP Lawrence MacAulay is moving out of the agriculture portfolio to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Jody Wilson-Raybould as Veterans Affairs Minister. As Agriculture Minister he must of shoveled lots of ______ so he should fit in to his role as Minister of Veterans Affairs.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-macaulay-veterans-affairs-1.5038711

P.E.I. MP Lawrence MacAulay will be announced as the new minister of veterans affairs Friday, a senior source has told CBC News.

02/21/2019

Apparently the previous Minister of Veterans Affairs Seamus O'Regan and the Deputy Minister General Walter "Walt" Natynczyk did not tell the truth on Facebook live when they introduced Pension for Life. https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/some-disabled-veterans-to-receive-less-financial-support-under-liberal-plan-pbo

OTTAWA — While most disabled veterans will see a small boost in financial support when the Trudeau government implements a new pension system in April, a new analysis shows some of the most s…