Veterans ombudsman blasts Ottawa for handling of disability claims
Veterans ombudsman blasts Ottawa for handling of disability claims
Erin Anderssen
OTTAWA— From Tuesday’s Globe and Mail
Published Monday, Feb. 20, 2012 10:24AM EST Last updated Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 4:17AM EST
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Steve White was serving as a leading seaman on HMCS Toronto in 1999 when a 300-pound-steel door caught .......
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Veteran Ombudsman
01-09-2009
Hinton Supports Veterans’ Call For a Veterans Affairs Ombudsman
Hinton Supports Veterans’ Call For a Veterans Affairs Ombudsman
KAMLOOPS – Yesterday a group of modern day veterans, led by Capt. Sean Bruyea (ret’d.), held a press conference on Parliament Hill to unveil their 2005 Ombudsman Report on Veterans Affairs Canada. This report clearly outlines the need for an ombudsman for VAC and calls on the governme.......
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Veteran Ombudsman
13-12-2009
Veterans Ombudsman Report
News Release 08 Nov 2004
Veterans’ Ombudsman Report: Disabled Veterans Tired of Waiting on Veterans Affairs Canada
Ottawa (November 8, 2004): In spite of their failing health, a small but determined group of disabled veterans and their families announce their plan to release a Veteran’s Ombudsman’s report on the treatment of veterans in Canada.......
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Veteran Ombudsman
11-03-2010
Ombudsman hears concerns from army vets Report will follow nationwide meetings
Ombudsman hears concerns from army vets Report will follow nationwide meetings
InsideToronto.com
Veterans Affairs ombudsman and retired colonel Patrick Stogran says Canadian veterans are facing a watershed moment, and that whatever decisions are made to finalize the New Veterans Charter in the coming months will have a lasting effect for decades t.......
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Veteran Ombudsman
16-08-2010
Canada's outspoken veterans ombudsman won't be re-appointed by the Conservative government.
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By Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - Canada's outspoken veterans ombudsman won't be re-appointed by the Conservative government. Sources have told The Canadian Press retired colonel Pat Stogran, who commanded the country's firs.......
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Veteran Ombudsman
19-09-2010
Petition circling legions demand Tories keep veterans ombudsman on the job
Petition circling legions demand Tories keep veterans ombudsman on the job
By: Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press Posted: 19/09/2010 10:00 AM VVi 19 Sep 2010 db
OTTAWA - Former Canadian soldiers don't want the voice of war veterans silenced just yet.A petition is circling some legion halls that urges the Conservative government to keep popular v.......
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Veteran Ombudsman
19-01-2016
Report critical of Veterans Affairs buried as ombudsmen investigate
Report critical of Veterans Affairs buried as ombudsmen investigate
MURRAY BREWSTER OTTAWA — The Canadian PressPublished Monday, Jan. 18, 2016 4:02PM ESTLast updated Monday, Jan. 18, 2016 5:15PM ESt
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Canada’s Veterans Affairs Department has yet to act on an unflattering independent report that concluded nearly a year ago .......
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Veteran Ombudsman
11-12-2015
Ombudsman should leave, N.S. vets agree
Ombudsman should leave, N.S. vets agree
ANDREA GUNN OTTAWA BUREAU Published December 9, 2015 - 8:40pm Last Updated December 9, 2015 - 8:46pm
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Canada’s veterans ombudsman Guy Parent speaks after releasing the Report on the New Veterans Charter and Actuarial Analysis in October 2013. (CP File)Local veterans are echoin.......
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Veteran Fundraising
03-11-2013
Give a Vimy for Vimy:’ Fundraising campaign highlights battlefield image on $20 bill
Canadians have become used to calling their dollars loonies and $2 coins toonies.
But a national history foundation that promotes remembrance of the 1917 Battle of Vimy Ridge — the landmark First World War victory widely viewed as a major milestone for Canadian nationhood — is launching a centennial campaign to convince the country to adopt the nickn.......
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Veteran Fundraising
12-04-2013
Legion Makes Donation for Afghanistan Repatriation Memorial
QUINTE WEST, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - April 12, 2013) - Mr. Gordon Moore, Dominion President of The Royal Canadian Legion, accompanied by His Worship, Mayor John Williams, and Hugh O'Neil for the Afghanistan Repatriation Memorial Fund, made a donation of more than 160,000 dollars to the Afghanistan Repatriation Memorial Fund earlier today at The Royal Ca.......