Special Needs Advisory Group (SNAG) Presentation Background: SNAG was formed by VAC as an arm-length advisory group on special needs veterans and how these requirements need to be implemented into the new Veteran Charter planned to take effect 01 Apr 2006. SNAG has conducted various interviews across Canada with totally disabled vets. What follows is .......
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Special Report
VAC
01-09-2009
CPVA C-45 Committee Christmas Report
CPVA C-45 Committee Christmas Report Hello All, I trust that you are out there spending money lavishly while flapping around preparing for Christmas. Spending money is good for it helps to keep the tax coffers full and our pensions secure. Spend with confidence knowing that a veteran may benefit! Backing up my C-45 files I noticed that since mid .......
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News
01-09-2009
Harper promises to do more for Canada's war veterans at legion campaign stop
Harper promises to do more for Canada's war veterans at legion campaign stop VICTORIA (CP) - A Conservative government would enact a veterans bill of rights and hire an ombudsman to enforce it with instructions to give veterans the benefit of the doubt in most disputes with the government, party leader Stephen Harper said Wednesday. Harper also promi.......
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News
VAC
01-09-2009
WWII Pension Awards
Vets expect to wait years for pension awards
The head of the War Amps is blasting a multibillion-dollar court award involving bungled pensions for disabled veterans, insisting the ruling will actually hurt living veterans. ""I usually fight for veterans,"" Cliff Chadderton, CEO of the War Amps and chairman of the National Council of Veteran Asso.......
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News
01-09-2009
Harper vows action on pension disputes Reforms already proposed by Liberals Minister
Tory leader promises , bill of rights; Harper vows action on pension disputes Reforms already proposed by Liberals Minister
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper is promising a bill of rights to improve the lives of Canada's veterans and proper recognition for.......
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Record
NVC
01-09-2009
Canadian Forces Members and Veterans Re-establishment and Compensation Regulations
New Veteran Charter Canadian Forces Members and Veterans Re-establishment and Compensation Regulations These proposed regulations for C-45, the new Veteran Charter were posted on the VAC site 17 Dec 2005, just before the Christmas holiday season. Unfortunately, only as of yesterday did a few veterans find the regulations, by chance. Apparently there .......
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News
01-09-2009
Vets expect to wait years for pension awards
Vets expect to wait years for pension awards
The head of the War Amps is blasting a multibillion-dollar court award involving bungled pensions for disabled veterans, insisting the ruling will actually hurt living veterans. ""I usually fight for veterans,"" Cliff Chadderton, CEO of the War Amps and chairman of the National Council of Veteran Assoc.......
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Archive
VAC
01-09-2009
Letter To Senators
January 9, 2006
Due Process Abandoned Once Again: VAC Tables C-45 Regulations over Christmas Holidays and During an Elecition
Dear Senator,
We are writing to you in your capacity as a Senator in an appeal for urgent assistance with respect to the creation of regulations and policies for C-45.
Currently, we find ourselves in the midst of an .......
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News
01-09-2009
Forces ombudman's office denies Gulf War illnesses
Forces ombudman's office denies Gulf War illnesses One in five veterans has reported ailment
The office of the Canadian Forces ombudsman has concluded that engineering troops who served in the Persian Gulf and were thought to have been exposed to various contaminants aren't suffering any greater rate of illnesses than other veterans, according to a .......
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Bio
01-09-2009
Gregory Thompson - New Minister of Veterans Affairs
Gregory Thompson - Minister of Veterans Affairs
Thompson, the MP for New Brunswick Southwest, was first elected to the House of Commons in 1988, and was re-elected in 1997, 2000 and 2004. Most recently, Thompson served as official Opposition critic for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. Prior to entering politics, Thompson worked as a financi.......
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