Tories move probe of Veterans Affairs cuts behind closed doors
Tories move probe of Veterans Affairs cuts behind closed doors
gloria galloway
OTTAWA— Globe and Mail Update
Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 6:36PM EDT
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An opposition manoeuvre that prompted a public exploration of the effects of cuts at the Veterans Affairs department could come to a quick end. The Commons commi.......
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23-01-2012
Just one more reason for a commission of inquiry into veterans’ issues
Just one more reason for a commission of inquiry into veterans’ issues
For Canada’s injured military, veterans and their families, there are few government agencies so singularly reviled as the Veterans Review and Appeal Board.
VRAB - Vets board member says privacy raided after he sides too often with veterans
Vets board member says privacy raided after he sides too often with veterans
By: Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press
Posted: 02/12/2012 10:15 AM | VVi 12 Feb 2012 dbSee Harold Leduc's Statement... Harold Leduc gestures during an interview in Ottawa, Tuesday Feb.1, 2012. Leduc, a prominent member of the country's veterans review and appeal board h.......
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28-02-2012
There’s No Accountability at Veterans Affairs Canada - VRAB
There’s No Accountability at Veterans Affairs Canada
Veterans say the Veterans Review and Appeal Board takes a far too legal interpretation of its responsibilities and that the hearings are intimidating and dehumanizing.
By Ian Bron and Allan Cutler
Published: Monday, 02/27/2012 12:00 am EST
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OTTAWA—Three weeks ago, John.......
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06-03-2012
Veterans review board abusive and demeaning, ex-soldiers say
Veterans review board abusive and demeaning, ex-soldiers say
Murray Brewster
Ottawa — The Canadian Press
Published Tuesday, Mar. 06, 2012 5:53AM EST Last updated Tuesday, Mar. 06, 2012 7:44AM ES
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They once referred to her as “the little woman” and suggested the post traumatic stress she’d suffered as a pea.......
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08-03-2012
Veteran pleads with Harper to probe leaky, abusive review and appeal board
Veteran pleads with Harper to probe leaky, abusive review and appeal board
By: Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press
Posted: 03/7/2012 4:41 PM | Last Modified: 03/7/2012 5:31 PM
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OTTAWA - A long-standing member of Canada 's embattled veterans review board is appealing to Prime Minister Stephen Harper directly to la.......
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07-05-2012
Ombudsman says review board is failing veterans
Ombudsman says review board is failing veterans
Andy Johnson, CTVNews.ca
Date: Monday May. 7, 2012 11:47 AM ET
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See Vet Ombudsman 2nd Report - Veterans’ Right to Fair Adjudication...
Veterans Ombudsman Chief Warrant Officer (Ret'd) Guy Parent takes part in a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday,.......
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11-05-2012
More shabby treatment for Canada's veterans-VRAB
More shabby treatment for Canada's veterans
THE CHRONICLE HERALD | EDITORIAL
May 11, 2012 - 4:09am VVi 11 May 2012 db
Guy Parent, Canada's veterans ombudsman, released a critical report Monday on the Veterans Review and Appeals Board. (SEAN KILPATRICK / The Canadian Press) VETERANS learned yet again this week that federal agencie.......
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16-05-2012
VRAB-Veterans board trips abroad grounded
Veterans board trips abroad grounded
May 16, 2012 - 4:09am
By MURRAY BREWSTER The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA — Veterans Affairs Minister Steven Blaney has ordered a ban on international travel for members of an arm’s-length agency that reviews the claims of veterans.
The order late Tuesday follows growing controversy over e.......
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01-10-2012
Vets board chair says UK lecture junkets 'worthwhile,' but still repaid cost
OTTAWA - The chairman of an oft-maligned federal veterans appeal agency who took two taxpayer-funded junkets to Britain is insisting to a House of Commons committee that the trips were worthwhile.
Still, John Larlee who heads the Veterans Review and Appeal Board said he repaid the federal government for two trips to the Cambridge Lecture series.