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Mike-the-Bike

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Guys, I'm in the RCAF and have been involved with the VETS group for a few years - http://vetscanada.org/

Its a non-political, non-sectarian organization that helps people that served our country and who in turn now need help themselves.

The situation for many of these people is dire. Many of the medical programs that a large number of Vets depend on were cut or eliminated by the Federal Government in January of 2016, leaving them paralysed by physical injury or mental illness and at risk of ending up homeless on the streets of our major cities.

If you can get involved, either by donating something or preferably volunteering or participating in the Boots on the Ground events across Canada.

You can also write to Kent Hehr, Minister of Veterans Affairs at:

Kent.Hehr@parl.gc.ca

or

940 - 6th Avenue SW (Main Office)
Suite 101
Calgary, Alberta
T2P 3T1

or Justin Trudeau at

justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca

Justin Trudeau
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0A6

You don't even need a stamp for Justin.

Please be respectful but demand that the medical programs eliminated by Kent Hehr's office be reinstated immediately. Many Vets paid the ultimate sacrifice, while those that returned suffer with debilitating injury or PTSD and I think its the least we can do for them.

There, that's my pitch. Thanks for listening.
 
^^^ +1

My Brother in Law was a medic and served in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

He was injured by an roadside IED and is living with chronic pain in his right leg. He was prescribed Ketamine by his doctors and the prescriptions were being filled by Veterans Affairs but with cutbacks implemented by Kent Hehr his medication was simply cut off at the beginning of the year.

Similar story for my Great Uncle. He is 87 and was in a WW2 bomber crew. He was shot down over Europe and spent 3 years a a Nazi POW camp. Last year the VA provided grass cutting and snow removal services. All those services have been cut back. I now send my kids to do it for him. Its a shame to see how Canada treats these people. If it wasn't for guys like him we would all be living under the Nazi jackboot, but clearly you get more respect from our governments for wearing a white poppy on remembrance day, instead of actually serving.
 
I'd like to learn more about this issue, but I can't seem to find any news coverage. (Plenty about mistreatment of vets, nothing about recent cutbacks.) Can anyone point me to a link?
 
Interesting. I watched a piece on Global a few days ago about this. Search on their web site they normally archive stuff for a few weeks.

And I agree. I think its shameless how vets are treated. Regardless if you agree with troop deployment or not these people went with out question and did what they signed up to do. They should get more respect.

Email sent to both, although the only response I'd expect is a form letter.
 
Every person currently enlisted should protest until the government puts proper programs and funding in place to take care of vets!
Refuse all and every order until it's fixed.
Stop enlisting or reenlisting until it's all fixed.
Let the politicians go and fight for, or steal, the resources!
The government does this because they can... because the soldiers, vets, and citizens let them get away with it.
If no one signed up and/or refused to perform any duties until things were made better... things would be fixed real fast!
 
I can't find any information on the organization, where the funds donated go, and how much actually gets to veterans.

There seem to be some veteran's charities in the U.S. taking advantage, and making a killing on the backs of Vets.
 
j2 said:
^^^ +1

My Brother in Law was a medic and served in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

He was injured by an roadside IED and is living with chronic pain in his right leg. He was prescribed Ketamine by his doctors and the prescriptions were being filled by Veterans Affairs but with cutbacks implemented by Kent Hehr his medication was simply cut off at the beginning of the year.

Similar story for my Great Uncle. He is 87 and was in a WW2 bomber crew. He was shot down over Europe and spent 3 years a a Nazi POW camp. Last year the VA provided grass cutting and snow removal services. All those services have been cut back. I now send my kids to do it for him. Its a shame to see how Canada treats these people. If it wasn't for guys like him we would all be living under the Nazi jackboot, but clearly you get more respect from our governments for wearing a white poppy on remembrance day, instead of actually serving.
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From Wikipedia

Kent Hehr PC MP (born December 16, 1969)[1] is a lawyer, community leader and Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Calgary Centre after winning in the 2015 Canadian general elections.[2] Hehr was named Minister of Veterans Affairs in the federal Cabinet, headed by Justin Trudeau, on November 4, 2015. Part of his mandate letter by the prime minister, he was mandated to reopen the nine veterans affairs offices closed by the conservative government, restore lifelong pensions for injured veterans, increase the value of the disability award, expand access to the permanent impairment allowance, create a veterans education benefit and more.[3] He was the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Buffalo from 2008 to 2015.[4]

What about the mandate? If funding was cut for some minority group soccer league it would be all over the media and they would be blocking the Gardiner.

Denying a medic pain relief for injuries sustained in the line of duty???? If you treated a dog like that you'd have every puppy hugger throwing rocks at you as you rotted in jail.

What is the logic in this?
 
I'm sorry. I didn't want to start a pissing match.

The reality is that it was bad under Harper, its probably a little worse under Trudeau. I think this is in general across all the services.

The point of this post is that if you can help VETS either by pressuring Ottawa, Donating or Volunteering I'm sure a Vet would appreciate it. If you cant that's fine as well. People have priorities and its hard for everyone at the moment

I'm lucky in that while I may be in the "service" I only service and repair planes from the transport fleet. I've never had to contribute the way someone on the front line would. I have 18 months left and I'm at the stage where I'm considering not going back.
 
Mike-the-Bike said:
I'm sorry. I didn't want to start a pissing match.
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Don't worry about it. Its a good cause.

My father in law - died January 2015 - was a WWII vet. He did get some meds paid for and Veterans Affairs had someone shovel his driveway in the winter. Its disgraceful if these things were cut back. It's the least we could for these people.
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