Vets will get compensation for chemical testing CTV NEWS OTTAWA -- The Canadian government will provide compensation to Second World War veterans who volunteered to undergo chemical warfare agent testing done by the British Army. Documents obtained by CTV News last week under Access to Information laws indicate that the Department of Defence believes.......
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UK Wounded to get millions in compensation
Wounded to get millions in compensation By Sean Rayment, Defence Correspondent, Sunday Telegraph Last Updated: 1:14am GMT 10/12/2006 Hundreds of troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan are to be awarded millions of pounds in compensation following a ruling by the Government that they are victims of crime not war.
British troops wounded in Iraq and .......
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Pension board a growing concern
Pension board a growing concern little-known Crown corporation with a big wallet
OTTAWA–The Public Service Pension Investment Board, which jumped into the business pages last week with a multibillion-dollar purchase of the country's largest satellite owner, is a little-known Crown corporation with a big wallet and an eye for diversified investments.......
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Harper government of party's opposition to pension-surplus grab
Plaintiffs in pension lawsuit remind Harper government of party's opposition to pension-surplus grab
OTTAWA, Feb. 13 /CNW Telbec/ - Eighteen unions, employee associations and retiree groups are urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government to intervene in the legal dispute over the $30.2-billion expropriation of federal public service pensio.......
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Trial - Expert witness says public pension plans have assets
Expert witness says public pension plans have assets An actuarial expert testified that assets were transferred from the Public Service Superannuation account to newly created pension plans of local airport authorities, NAV Canada and Canada Post, providing solid evidence that there were funds in the public service pension account. John Christie, an i.......
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British Wounded to get millions in compensation
Last Updated: 1:14am GMT 10/12/2006
Hundreds of troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan are to be awarded millions of pounds in compensation following a ruling by the Government that they are victims of crime not war.
British troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan will be paid compensation on a sliding scale of about £1,000 for a small facial scar,.......
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Ombudsman Finds that the Health Concerns of Canadian Forces Veterans were Ignored
Ombudsman Finds that the Health Concerns of Canadian Forces Veterans were Ignored Ottawa, November 1, 2006 – Department of National Defence and Canadian Forces Ombudsman, Yves Côté, today released a special report, entitled Heroism Exposed: An Investigation into the Treatment of 1 Combat Engineer Regiment Kuwait Veterans (1991), regarding the treatment.......
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UK wires: Salute to a brave and modest nation
Though this account goes back to April 24, 2002 , it's still a good read. Too bad it had to take someone from England to finally put it into words. LONDON - Until the deaths last week of four Canadian soldiers accidentally killed by a U.S. warplane in Afghanistan , probably almost no one outside their home country had been aware that Canadi.......
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Disabled Former Member Of Canadian Forces Commences Class Action Against Government
Disabled Former Member Of Canadian Forces Commences Class Action Against Government of CanadaHalifax, March 19/ On March 15, 2007 a proposed class action claim was filed on behalf of disabled former members of the Canadian Forces. The claim relates to unfair deductions to long-term disability benefits and has been brought by Dennis Manuge, a former mem.......
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N.L. veterans join CFB Gagetown lawsuit
N.L. veterans join CFB Gagetown lawsuit CBC Mon Aug 6, 8:48 AM A former brigadier-general convinced the cancer that ended his military career was caused by chemicals at CFB Gagetown, N.B., has joined a class-action lawsuit filed against the Department of National Defence.
Ed Ring is one of dozens of people in Newfoundland and Labrador who have.......
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