Why Canada’s veterans need support now more than ever

Published November 11, 2015

What should we remember this Remembrance Day?

INTERNAL REPORT: Veterans Affairs forgot to include poppies in Remembrance Day TV ads

Published May 1, 2015

Who forgets poppies on Remembrance Day? Well, according to an internal report newly released by the the Department of Veterans Affairs — the Department of Veterans Affairs does. The report, ominously titled “Disaster Check of the 2014 Remembrance Advertising Concept,” details the reactions of focus groups to early versions of TV ads “designed to demonstrate Canadians’ pride […]

VIDEO: Stephen Harper taps Julian Fantino’s biggest defender as new Veterans Minister

Published January 6, 2015

Think Julian Fantino getting bounced out of Veterans Affairs is a breath of fresh air? Maybe not. On Monday, Stephen Harper quietly moved to put out a fire at Veterans Affairs, demoting the controversial Minister Julian Fantino and promoting Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade Erin O’Toole as Fantino’s replacement during a surprise swearing […]

Why this 91-year old veteran fears we’re losing what we won after WWII

Published November 11, 2014

Veteran Harry Leslie Smith is taking a last stand. “As one of the last remaining survivors of the Great Depression and the Second World War, I will not go gently into that good night,” says Smith, 91, who was born in a coal-mining town in Britain but immigrated to Canada and now lives in Belleville, […]

In their own words: 6 veterans trash the Conservatives

Published February 1, 2014

Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino and Prime Minister Stephen Harper stuck to their guns on Friday and shut down nine veterans affairs offices in smaller cities across the country. Fantino began the week by skipping a scheduled meeting with a group of men who had served in the military as far back as the 1950s […]

Veteran: “I feel like my government has betrayed me”

Published January 30, 2014

Terry Collins served in the Canadian military for two decades before retiring in 2008, and has relied on the services of the Veterans Affairs office in Sydney, N.S., ever since. The retired warrant officer, who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder following a tour of duty in Afghanistan, is now staring down at the closure on […]