Category Archives: Defence
The evolution of Canada’s support to its veterans
The supports and benefits available to Canadian veterans have changed a number of times over the last 100 years. Here are some of the key dates along the way: 1914-18 — Nearly 620,000 Canadians enlist to fight during the First World
The cost of supporting Canada’s veterans
The parliamentary budget office released a report in February 2019 looking at the three different packages of supports and benefits for veterans introduced over the past 100 years. Those included the Pension Act, which applied to veterans before 2006; ...
A look at the maximum compensation for veterans under Pension Act, Pension for Life
Canadian veterans with disabilities receive compensation based on a number of factors, including the extent of their injury, which is broken down as a percentage. They can also receive added support for being unable to work and either hire a
The Money: Today’s veterans fighting Ottawa for equality with previous generations
OTTAWA — When his son was nearly killed by an anti-personnel mine in Afghanistan in 2010, Jim Scott had no idea he was about to embark on a multi-year legal battle with the federal government on behalf of his son
Federal leaders remember sacrifices, injustices endured by Indigenous veterans
OTTAWA — Federal leaders marked the sacrifices of Indigenous veterans on Monday, as well as the discrimination they faced after returning from war. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says all flags on federal government buildings, including the Peace Tower ...
The Burden: The toll of veterans’ injuries on families and caregivers
OTTAWA — Christine Shepherd has been explaining her ongoing fight with Veterans Affairs Canada for about 20 minutes when her voice breaks and the tears start to flow. She has just said she feels the department only sees forms, not
A look at the challenging task of Counting Canada’s homeless veterans
Accurate data about the number of homeless veterans in Canada remains elusive, but various studies have been conducted in recent years to try to get a handle on the situation. One report from Employment and Social Development Canada says 1.8 per
The Streets: Ottawa faces calls to step up on veteran homelessness
OTTAWA — Dan Campbell and Benjamin Van Eck were fast friends while serving in 2 Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. The pair were “Stuck at the hip,” as Campbell describes it, during months of training and a deployment to Afghanistan in
The Caseload: Veterans Affairs staff overwhelmed by number of vets assigned to them
OTTAWA — This past June, Marie-Paule Doucette was asked if she felt she had enough time to help Lionel Desmond in the months leading up to Jan. 3, 2017 — the evening the Afghan war veteran shot and killed his
Military’s top prosecutor, police officer agree to send sex-crime cases to civilians
OTTAWA — The military's top prosecutor and police officer say they will transfer sexual misconduct cases to civilian authorities, and that they will be reaching out to victims affected by the change. In a statement, Col. Dylan Kerr, the director of
