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Not the time to downsize Veterans Affairs.
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Treasurer of the Association, LCol(Ret’d) Chuck McCabe, runs with the Olympic torch.
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Canada Service Veterans - Guidelines for Health Care Programs
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End of an Era event - April 9, 2010.
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The Living Charter In Action: New Veterans Charter Advisory Group Report composed October 2009. Click HERE to read the report.

Agent Orange Ex-Gratia Payment Widows On A Warpath
On Tuesday 8 December, four widows from New Brunswick appeared before Parliament’s Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs regarding Agent Orange Compensation.
This link will take you to the committee and the presentation by the widows to support their claim that the rules imposing date limits in the VAC Agent Orange Ex-Gratia Payment Program are highly unfair.
The hearing lasts for two hours but we are confident that you will appreciate the frustration these widows have encountered recently.

http://parlvu.parl.gc.ca/parlvu/asx/playlist.aspx?files=/2009/2009-12/00016618.wmv

2010 Pension Increase
The Treasury Board has announced the increase in indexing to be applied, on 1 January 2010, to public service, Canadian Forces, RCMP, and federally appointed judges’ pensions will be a whopping 0.5% (half of one per cent). 

Are YOU concerned about EI issues?  Click HERE to read our Brief and then click HERE to contact your MP!  We need your support now!
Do you know about the plight of Military Widows?  Click HERE
What's new at the Office of the Veterans Ombudsman? - Click HERE
VAC Announcement - Agent Orange - Click HERE
Knowing your rights as a Canadian veteran - Click HERE
Claw Backs - Click HERE
Pension Surplus Appeal - Click HERE

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