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.......
1,273
Court Correspondence
VRAB
09-06-2012
Bradley vs. VRAB
See supplement below:.......
1,366
News
VRAB
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.
T.......
1,368
News
VRAB
03-10-2012
NDP introduces bill to scrap oft-maligned veterans review and appeal board
OTTAWA — New Democrats have introduced a private member's bill to scrap an oft-maligned board where ex-soldiers can appeal the denial of benefits by the federal government. MP Peter Stoffer, the party's veterans critic, says the review agency is the No. 1 problem facing individual veterans — and is seen as a place where they have to plead for what is .......
1,383
News
VRAB
22-10-2012
Ex-vets board member says former soldiers being driven over the edge by system
OTTAWA - A former member of the Veterans Review and Appeal Board began a stinging critique of the agency Monday by laying his service medals on a table in front of members of Parliament and declaring the condescending treatment of ex-soldiers precluded him from wearing the decorations in good conscience. Harold Leduc told a Commons committee that a pe.......
1,438
Letter
VRAB
28-11-2012
Liberal Veterans Critic Wants VRAB Burden Of Proof Lowered So Veterans Could Get More Services
This was sent to Defence Watch by Sean Casey’s office: November 23, 2012
Mr. Greg Kerr, Chair,
House of Commons Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs
Sixth Floor, 131 Queen Street
House of Commons
Ottawa ON K1A 0A6
Dear Mr. Chair;
As you are aware, it is my view that the Standing Committee should consider recommending to governme.......
1,452
News
VRAB
11-12-2012
Oft-maligned veterans board given mild rebuke by Commons committee
OTTAWA - A House of Commons committee has issued a mild rebuke of a controversial agency that hears the benefits complaints of ex-soldiers.
The all-party veterans committee told the Veterans Review and Appeal Board (VRAB) on Tuesday that it needs to reassess the way it does business when it comes to the independence of those hearing the cases and the.......
1,453
Press Release
VRAB
11-12-2012
THE CONSERVATIVES RESPOND TO MR. CASEY
From Eve Adams, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs.
“21 witnesses including the Veterans Ombudsman, the Royal Canadian Legion, the Canadian Peacekeeping Veterans Association and a former VRAB member appeared before the Committee on Veterans Affairs. Based on the testimony of these witnesses, the Committee made 13 recommenda.......
1,454
Press Release
VRAB
11-12-2012
Conservatives Whitewashed Commons Report on Veterans Review and Appeal Board, Liberals Say
The Liberal Party disagrees with the Commons report on VRAB. It has released their own minority report on the issue: Minority Report of the Liberal Party of Canada
The Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs: Restoring Confidence in the Veterans Review and Appeal Board, December2012
The Liberal Party is unable to agree with the Conservative major.......
1,512
CANFORGEN
VRAB
07-03-2013
CANFORGEN About VRAB and Response from OVO
R FM NDHQ CMP OTTAWA
TO CANFORGEN
UNCLAS CANFORGEN 037/13 CMP 019/13
SUBJ: PUBLISHING OF NOTEWORTHY DECISIONS BY THE VETERANS REVIEW AND
APPEAL BOARD (VRAB)
BILINGUAL MESSAGE/MESSAGE BILINGUE
1. THE VETERANS REVIEW AND APPEAL BOARD (VRAB) WAS CREATED IN 1995 TO PROVIDE AN INDEPENDENT AVENUE OF APPEAL FOR DECISIONS MADE BY VETERAN.......
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