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by Terrarium Wed 25 Sep 2019, 6:31 pm

Though veterans affairs union welcomes Scheer's pledge, it comes with a but

CBC News · Posted: Sep 24, 2019

Stored#2 - Page 28 Virginia-vaillancourt

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-veterans-affairs-union-scheer-reaction-1.5295499

by Enforcer Sun 29 Sep 2019, 4:36 pm

Supporting Veterans And Their Families

Mental Health Support

We will reach out to every Canadian veteran to make sure they get timely and effective mental health care, when and where they need it.

Nearly two out of every five veterans report some form of mental health challenge – nearly double the Canadian average – with depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and anxiety disorders the most commonly diagnosed issues. But today, only about 10 per cent of veterans who need mental health support get the help they need from Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC). That’s not acceptable.
To ensure that our veterans have access to high-quality mental health care when and where they need it, we will move forward with a new rapid-response service staffed by social workers, case management counsellors, and peer support workers. We will proactively reach out to every Canadian veteran to make sure that they know about the help available, and how to access it.

https://2019.liberal.ca/our-platform/mental-health-support/

Disability Benefits

We will make it easier for veterans to get disability benefits.

No veteran should ever have to suffer in silence. To help ease the stigma that many may feel about starting a disability claim, and to make sure that every veteran gets the help they need, we will give our veterans up to $3,000 in free counselling services before a disability claim is required.
This will give veterans in need of help nearly six months of free support, provided directly by VAC or one if its service partners, and will help as many as 20,000 veterans each year.

And to simplify and shorten the process, we will move forward with automatic approval for the most common disability applications, including depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and arthritis, among others.

https://2019.liberal.ca/our-platform/disability-benefits/

Homeless Veterans

We will make sure every homeless veteran has a place to call home.

Every year, about 3,000 veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police use the services of an emergency shelter. After their dedicated and selfless service to our country, Canadians can all agree: one homeless veteran is one too many.
To address veterans’ homelessness, we will move forward with building new, purpose-built accessible and affordable housing units, with a full range of health, social, and employment supports for veterans who need extra help. We will support this work with an additional investment of $15 million a year.

https://2019.liberal.ca/our-platform/homeless-veterans/

Support for Families

We will help families settle in when duty forces them to relocate.

Every year, about 10,000 members of the Canadian Armed Forces and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are relocated, along with their families, to work in a different part of Canada. This may mean a promotion or a chance to try new things – but it can also be a time of tremendous stress as families adapt to new routines and partners look for new work.
To help family members more easily adjust to their new homes, we will move forward with a national employment and training support service. This service will provide career counselling, job matching, and other employment help tailored to the unique needs of military and policing families. We will also give families a tax-free $2,500 benefit every time they relocate, to help with retraining, recertification, and other costs of finding new work.

https://2019.liberal.ca/our-platform/support-for-families/

Liberal Platform: https://2019.liberal.ca/our-platform/?utm_source=2019.liberal.ca&utm_medium=platform-casgrain

by **Navigator** Wed 02 Oct 2019, 8:00 am

October 2, 2019

Will promises broken by the Liberals have ballot-box impact?

Veterans affairs

In 2015, the Liberals campaigned on a promise to deliver a “higher standard of service and care” for Canadian veterans and ensure that a “one veteran, one standard” approach was upheld.

“Our plan will give back to those who have given so much in service to all Canadians and will ensure that no veteran has to fight the government or the support and compensation they have earned,” the 2015 platform reads.

As part of this commitment, the party promised to invest $80 million “every year” to create a “new veterans education benefit” to cover the cost of up to four years of college, university or technical education for those who have completed military service.

Similarly, the Liberals pledged $100 million each year to “expand the circle of support for veterans’ families.”

However, neither allotment was included in the 2016 or 2017 federal budgets.

And once they came to power, the Liberals also continued to fight the Equitas lawsuit — a case initially filed in 2012 by six veterans on behalf of thousands to sue the government of Canada for reinstatement of full lifetime disability pensions. The B.C. Court of Appeal tossed the case in 2017 and the Supreme Court of Canada refused leave to consider an appeal.

When asked at a 2018 event in Edmonton why the government was still fighting veterans groups in court, Trudeau said it was because “they are asking for more than we are able to give right now.”

The party also failed to bring back the previous disability pensions and instead introduced its own version.

This past February, the Parliamentary Budget Officer reported that veterans with disabilities would have received, on average, 1.5 times more over their lifetimes under the pre-2006 pension than through the Liberals’ so-called Pension for Life.

In a statement emailed to Global News, Pickerill said the party has “worked hard to ensure veterans and their families get the services they need and benefits they deserve.”

He said the party committed $10 billion into restoring services, hiring staff, creating a centre for post-traumatic stress disorder research and reinstating Pension for Life. However, Pickerill conceded that there is more work to be done.

“We will continue to work to give veterans and their families the support they deserve,” he wrote.

https://globalnews.ca/news/5966784/liberals-broken-promises/

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Alberta will study already 'compelling case' for its exit from CPP: Kenney

Andy Blatchford, The Canadian Press
Published Thursday, November 7, 2019

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/alberta-will-study-already-compelling-case-for-its-exit-from-cpp-kenney-1.4674837

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