After many delays, a memorial for Canada’s last Victoria Cross recipient, Lt Robert Hampton Gray, has been installed at the British Columbia Aviation Museum in Sidney.
Ombudsman Slams New Restrictions on Mental Health Support for Veterans’ Families
OTTAWA Canada’s veterans ombudsman is calling on the federal government to reverse recent restrictions on the provision of mental-health support to members of veterans’ families who need treatment because of their loved one’s service in uniform.
The demand from ombudsman Nishika Jardine is in a scathing report released Tuesday, one year after Ottawa imposed the restrictions following outrage over Veterans Affairs Canada having paid for Christopher Garnier’s counselling sessions.
The son of a veteran, Garnier was convicted in 2017 of having murdered an off-duty police officer in Halifax and was in prison at the time his treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder was being covered by the government.
Federal government looking to settle lawsuit over $165 million error in veterans benefits
The federal government is in exploratory talks to settle a combined class-action lawsuit over a $165 million accounting error at Veterans Affairs Canada that shortchanged more than 250,000 mostly elderly former soldiers, sailors and aircrew, CBC News has learned.
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OTTAWA — Canada’s veterans ombudsman is calling on the federal government to reverse recent restrictions on the provision of mental-health support to members of veterans families who need treatment . . .
Mental health access for families of veterans still lacking, says new ombudsman
Veterans Affairs Canada hasn t gone far enough in reversing restrictions on mental health counselling for the families of former soldiers, sailors and aircrew, the county s new veterans ombudsman says in a hard-hitting report.
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