Government of Canada committed to improving services and supports for Canada's Veterans

Winnipeg – The Honourable Erin O’Toole, Minister of Veterans Affairs, will highlight the Government of Canada’s commitment to improving services benefitting Veterans and their families.

Location:17 Wing Winnipeg Hangar 715 Wihuri Road, Winnipeg
Date:Thursday, March 19, 2015Time:9:00 a.m. CT

*Note: In order to access the base, media must RSVP to Captain Bettina McCulloch-Drake at 204-833-2500 local 6499, no later than 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 18.

Media are asked to arrive no later than 8:15 a.m. at the 17 Wing Fitness and Recreation Centre located at 680 Wihuri Road, off Whytewold Road. Parking is available at the building. A bus will transport all media representatives at 8:30 a.m. sharp to the announcement site. (Transport will be available back to the parking lot at the conclusion of the event.)

Cosmo

Looks like he just went over the past announcements..........

http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=952799


Cheer's

Is this the end of the serie of annoucements ?

Where is ELB and disability awards

c.

I feared that this was just going to be the Tories patting themselves on the back. The word "highlight" is what worried me. They seem to be very good at these self grandiose demonstrations, and I wouldn't be surprised to see more money spent on new commercials to "let Veterans know about these new programs, and how much the CPC supports disabled Veterans" in the next few months. But if this truly marks the end of improvements, then they have truly fallen short, of what they were asked to do by the Veterans Affairs committee.

there is more to come bigrex not sure about anything implemented prior to the election but if im reading the playbook correctly they are still missing that big juicy carrot they need to dangle as a post election promise. unless of cores the poles swing to the point they think its not required .

propat

The large amounts of these latest announcements, and they were a lot, I think signals just how serious the government is in doing an about face on how they handle the Veteran file, as long as this continues, I will be happy with that.

With respect to more announcements, I am very optimistic, that there's more to come.

well a guess a lot is a matter of opinion 2,3 or 4 might be a lot to some 12,13,14 might be a lot to others and maybe even more for others . to me substantive action is all that matters to me.

that's right actual actions that will bring positive change for the majority of disabled vets .

announcements ,promises and words really don't mean a lot to me. as we have seen before announcements can turn into a pile of crap in a big hurry .

cant wait to read these pieces of legislation.

END THE BUYOUT NOW!!!!!!

propat

Here is a person who feels they can still do much more

http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/Opinion/Letter-to-editor/2015-03-20/article-4084252/Reserve-veterans-deserve-support/1


Cheer's

Settle the current lawsuit and give these soldiers peace.