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1,368NewsVRAB03-10-2012NDP 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 .......
1,383NewsVRAB22-10-2012 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.......
1,452NewsVRAB11-12-2012Oft-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.......
1,540NewsVRAB07-04-2013RCMP probing alleged harassment of former veterans review board member OTTAWA -- The Mounties are conducting their own investigation into the alleged harassment of a long-time veterans advocate, a man recently bounced from a federal review panel.

The RCMP probe was initiated at the request of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, which is carrying out a separate review of fresh allegations by Harold Leduc.

Leduc is t.......
2,241NewsVRAB27-02-2016Ex-soldiers speak out against veteran review boardEx-soldiers speak out against veteran review board

Published Tuesday, March 6, 2012 6:23AM EST 

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OTTAWA - They once referred to her as "the little woman" and suggested the post traumatic stress she'd suffered as a peacekeeper in the Bosnia war meant she couldn't handle the rigours of service.

"It was so patronizing, it was .......
1,496NewsVIP05-02-2013Senator calls for fairness for spouses in veterans programIsland Senator Catherine Callbeck is again looking for answers from Veterans Affairs on the way it treats some widows and widowers differently than others.

Veterans’ surviving spouses may be eligible to receive assistance for housekeeping and/or grounds keeping expenses under the Veterans Independence Program. But not all surviving spouses are treate.......
1,460NewsVIP27-12-2012Feds make it easier for veterans to get fundingWhile they support a federal government initiative that will make it easier for them to receive money for housekeeping and property maintenance, some veterans have misgivings about the program.
Mississauga-Brampton South MP Eve Adams, who also serves as parliamentary secretary to the minister of veterans affairs, was at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch.......
2,441NewsVIP20-10-2017Veterans ombudsman says more ex-soldiers will need assisted living help Elderly veterans program has rules 'too complex and difficult' to understand, says report by Guy ParentVeterans ombudsman says more ex-soldiers will need assisted living help
Elderly veterans program has rules 'too complex and difficult' to understand, says report by Guy Parent
Murray Brewster · Defence and security · CBC News
October 17, 2017
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Canadian Veterans Ombudsman Guy Parent says in a new report that the Liberal government .......
2,602NewsVeteran Ombudsman17-08-2020Federal restrictions hurting ombudsman’s ability to help veterans: ReportFederal restrictions hurting ombudsman’s ability to help veterans: Report

Aug 17, 2020 6:10 AM

Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 17, 2020.

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OTTAWA — The veterans ombudsman’s office is hoping a new report flagging problems with the watchdog’s limited authority .......
1,474NewsVeteran Ombudsman13-01-2013More programs for homeless veterans: OmbudsmanCanada’s Veteran’s Ombudsman says one homeless veteran is too many.

And in order to help repay a debt to the men and women who have served our country, the federal government needs to create a national homelessness strategy aimed at keeping them off the streets.

“We’re not talking about social services here,” said Veteran’s Ombudsman Guy Parent. “.......