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1,032NewsVRAB26-10-2011Tories move probe of Veterans Affairs cuts behind closed doorsTories 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.......
1,135NewsVRAB23-01-2012Just one more reason for a commission of inquiry into veterans’ issuesJust 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.

By Sean Bruyea, The Hill Times, Jan. 23, 2012.

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OTTAWA—For Canada’s injured military, veterans.......
1,150NewsVRAB13-02-2012VRAB - Vets board member says privacy raided after he sides too often with veteransVets 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.......
1,166NewsVRAB28-02-2012There’s No Accountability at Veterans Affairs Canada - VRABThere’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.......
1,171NewsVRAB06-03-2012Veterans 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.......
1,173NewsVRAB08-03-2012Veteran 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.......
1,232NewsVRAB07-05-2012Ombudsman 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,.......
1,240NewsVRAB11-05-2012More shabby treatment for Canada's veterans-VRABMore shabby treatment for Canada's veterans

THE CHRONICLE HERALD | EDITORIAL



May 11, 2012 - 4:09am
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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.......
1,249NewsVRAB16-05-2012VRAB-Veterans board trips abroad groundedVeterans 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.......
1,366NewsVRAB01-10-2012Vets 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.

T.......