Military Retirees Against CFSA Benefit Reduction at age 65
Recently the Government of Canada released to the Armed forces Pensioners’ / Annuitants’ Association of Canada (AFP-AAC) the Annual reports of the Canadian Forces Superannuation 2003-2005. Note that, despite the previous withdrawal of 16.5 billion dollars from Military Annuity funds, the.......
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Veteran
01-09-2009
Military and RCMP Vets and Members The 75% LTD Issue
Military and RCMP members....I hope you pass this along to everyone in your contact lists please.
I have an excellent free lance journalist doing research on a story exposing the fact that any disabled and medically released members that receive both SISIP LTD benefits and a Veterans Affairs disability pension, have the total amount of their disabil.......
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Veteran
01-09-2009
Military/RCMP Pensioners Against Benefit Reduction at age 65
“ Latest up dates “ This injustice levelled at our Veterans someday will affect your Children, Grand Children, and/or members of your family. Someone will proudly volunteer to serve our Country in the Military/RCMP Forces. It should be a concern of all Canadians! The Committee and I take this opportunity to say thank you for your continu.......
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Veteran
01-09-2009
Of Poppies
Of PoppiesA minor kafuffle has erupted in the blogosphere over the use of poppies. The précis: Bourque used the image of a poppy on his website; the Royal Canadian Legion contacted him and asked him to remove the image as it was their registered trade-mark and he was using it without permission. Outrage, perhaps predictably, followed. Colby Cosh gravely.......
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Veteran
01-09-2009
unhesitatingly sent our soldiers into harm
Honouring the Dead Without Hypocrisy Is there no limit? Is there nothing politicians will not do to capitalize on the misery of others and to obscure their own role in that misery? Canadians have just endured the deaths of four soldiers in Afghanistan, four young men killed by an improvised explosive device that destroyed their vehicle. That is bad en.......
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Special Report
GWI
01-09-2009
Study discounts Gulf War cancer link
Study discounts Gulf War cancer link Statistics Canada KEYWORDS: ""PTSD"" OR ""POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER"" OR ""POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER"", ""DEPLETED URANIUM"", ""SADDAM"" OR ""SADDAM HUSSEIN"", ""GULF WAR"" NEAR ""SYNDROME"", ""DEFENCE PERSONNEL"" OR ""MILITARY MEMBER*"" OR ""FORCES MEMBER*"" Mike Blanchfield, CanWest News Service .......
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Special Report
01-09-2009
Pension Surplus Trial In Process
Pension Surplus Trial In Process (Extract from Federal Superannuates National Association (FSNA) 'On Guard' 2005, Vol.43, no.4) The trial regarding the $30-billion surplus taken from the superannuation accounts of the Canadian Forces (CF), the Public Service (PS), and the RCMP was to have started in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, in Ottawa, on.......
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Special Report
01-09-2009
Special Needs Advisory Group (SNAG) Presentation
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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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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Special Report
01-09-2009
DND Ombudsman Special Reports
DND Ombudsman Special Reports Assessing the State of Mental Health Services at CFB Petawawa A Case Study from the Ombudsman for National Defence and the Canadian Forces The following document is available for downloading or viewing: Special Report, December 2008 (PDF Version, 1,489.38 KB).......