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Veterans Town Hall
by Wolfman Wed 14 Feb 2018, 1:27 pm
The Minister of Veterans Affairs, the Honourable Seamus O’Regan, will be in Fredericton, New Brunswick on Tuesday, February 20, 2018. He would like to take the opportunity to meet with local Veterans and their families to talk about the recently announced Pension for Life.
The town hall will take place at the Royal New Brunswick Regiment armoury (Carleton Street Armoury) on Carleton Street, Fredericton from 1900-2030 AT. If you are planning to attend this town hall, please provide your name below to register as space is limited. Registration will be closed once capacity is reached.
Please note that there will be a photographer present and participants will be responsible for their own travel costs.
Click on the link below to submit your name for the event
https://na1se.voxco.com/SE/?st=bBxc2XFtSX6LlnQ0IYuBow0Vy1s%2fPYofTNjyivx3RRw%3d
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Re: Veterans Town Hall
by JAFO Thu 15 Feb 2018, 11:50 am
Smells more like a photo op then a town hall....
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Re: Veterans Town Hall
by Wolfman Wed 21 Feb 2018, 3:52 pm
Veterans take to microphone to express
pension anxiety to federal minister
pension anxiety to federal minister
Minister of Veterans Affairs Seamus O'Regan holds town hall meeting in Fredericton
Feb 21, 2018
Gary Moore · CBC News
Veterans Affairs Minister Seamus O'Regan and deputy minister Walt Natynczyk take questions from veterans in Fredericton on Tuesday. (Gary Moore/CBC)
Veterans in Fredericton got a first-hand look Tuesday night at Canada's proposed new "pension for life" during a town hall meeting hosted by Veterans Affairs Minister Seamus O'Regan and deputy minister Walt Natynczyk.
About 70 people sat through a presentation on the benefits plan for wounded veterans before the floor was opened up for questions.
"We didn't get answers," says Robert Read, who was medically released from the military in 2016.
"I was expecting some more solid, a more solid foundation of answers from that."
Robert Read is concerned about wait times for veterans once they are released from the military. (Gary Moore/CBC)
The government's plan to overhaul the pension system has sparked controversy across the country between veterans and government since it was announced in December 2017.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had promised during his election campaign that wounded veterans would be able to get a lifelong pension as an alternative to the lump-sum payments introduced in 2006.
Under the pension for life, veterans have to wait until April 1, 2019, when they can choose between taking the lump sum and a lifelong pension they say would be much less substantial than the one available before 2006.
Veterans showed their frustrations at the microphone for both the lump-sum system and the pension option.
"There's a lot of people suffering, waiting, anxious," said Danny Legace, who is concerned about the wait times for veterans once they've been released from service.
"Why are we waiting and playing this silly game?"
O'Regan says the pension for life created by the government is a product of discussions with veterans. (Gary Moore/CBC)
Frank Smith thanked the minister for holding the town hall but felt he was pitching information without details.
"There's no real action plan," Smith said. "This is one of the causes for anxiety."
O'Regan described the night as frank but said similar conversations helped build the groundwork for the pension overhaul.
"Pension for life was born from listening to veterans."
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/new-brunswick/veterans-fredericton-pension-changes-1.4544528
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Re: Veterans Town Hall
by JAFO Wed 21 Feb 2018, 4:02 pm
"Pension for life was born from listening to veterans."
Someone process an application for hearing aids for Shameus because I'm pretty damn sure what the Libs announced did not come from "listening" to veterans.....
Someone process an application for hearing aids for Shameus because I'm pretty damn sure what the Libs announced did not come from "listening" to veterans.....
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Re: Veterans Town Hall
by Wolfman Wed 21 Feb 2018, 4:14 pm
JAFO wrote:"Pension for life was born from listening to veterans."
Someone process an application for hearing aids for Shameus because I'm pretty damn sure what the Libs announced did not come from "listening" to veterans.....
I agree, come from veterans? I think not.
Looks like this new pension for life is not sitting well with veterans.
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Re: Veterans Town Hall
by vet1 Wed 21 Feb 2018, 4:16 pm
Thank you for all the veterans who attended it and asked relevant questions.
I am sure that most of those attending are: VAC trolls who just listen; Military pers: who just listen and are afraid to ask any relevant questions and so on.
As you said: they have no plan and no answer to real questions.
Vote the bums out (so they cannot get their 6 years as MPs, ministers and other tax payer leaches).
Thanks again
I am sure that most of those attending are: VAC trolls who just listen; Military pers: who just listen and are afraid to ask any relevant questions and so on.
As you said: they have no plan and no answer to real questions.
Vote the bums out (so they cannot get their 6 years as MPs, ministers and other tax payer leaches).
Thanks again
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Re: Veterans Town Hall
by Trooper Wed 21 Feb 2018, 7:34 pm
I'm very happy and proud of all the folks protesting the governments attempt to sell this new Pension for Life. It shows that it is not just a few that are against it.
Let them continue to make fools out of themselves by holding these public events, it will not slow down the protest that shows just how off base these clowns really are.
Let them continue to make fools out of themselves by holding these public events, it will not slow down the protest that shows just how off base these clowns really are.
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Re: Veterans Town Hall
by bosn181 Wed 21 Feb 2018, 11:45 pm
we vote them out poor Seamus be back on the bottle, this is just what they need to be put out and see how it feels.
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Re: Veterans Town Hall
by Trooper Thu 22 Feb 2018, 7:50 am
Aaron Bedard shared Seamus O'Regan's post.
Feb 21, 2018
Feb 21, 2018
I think it’s time for you all to once again visit Seamus’s page and give a respectful, but sharp, response to his statements today. It Looks like the optics war in the court of public opinion rages on. Every veteran I talked to who went to this townhall said there were no straight answers and in many cases the ministers took a name down to discuss outside of the forum.
https://www.facebook.com/SeamusOReganMP/posts/1631415513604109
Seamus O'Regan
Feb 21, 2018
Feb 21, 2018
"The more you explain the process, the more we feel comfortable about this."
Pension for Life means Veterans in Oromocto know that we've got their backs.
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