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Parliament Has No Obligation to Fight for Veterans, even though Veterans...
Sean Bruyea In the coming days, Parliament will release a highly-controversial report on the embattled veterans legislation known as the New Veterans Charter (NVC). Will this report help repair or...
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Veterans trapped under government’s sweeping budget omnibus steamroller
Finance Minister Joe Oliver, pictured with his top officials Brian Ernewein and Jeremy Rudin May 6 at the House Finance Committee Sean Bruyea Government budget omnibus bills are abominations of...
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Parliament throws veterans under the bus, yet again
Veterans pictured last week protesting on Parliament Hill Sean Bruyea Veterans have every reason to be disillusioned with Ottawa once again. But this time, the disappointment could become the nail in...
View ArticleFeds love veterans for photo ops, but not so much as ‘a budget line’
Sean Bruyea Prime Minister Stephen Harper has expressed his admiration for America. Explosive scandals in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the rapid response provide a powerful...
View ArticlePrime Minister Harper: Thank you for Julian Fantino
Dear Prime Minister Harper: Gosh, the Veterans Affairs portfolio has been difficult hasn’t it? I don’t think you have received enough credit however for appointing Julian Fantino as the Department’s...
View ArticleMinister Fantino: Less Back Patting and More Action Please
Sean Bruyea When Canadian communities experience the tragedy of a multiple homicide, it would be unthinkable to ignore the victims or refuse to hunt for the murderer. Nor do we inundate the front page...
View ArticleFantino: Not tough enough for Veterans Affairs
Sean Bruyea Minister Julian Fantino is the flypaper to which incompetent management and controversy persistently buzz around and stick. It is not clear why Harper keeps appointing this individual to...
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Dangerous Déjà Vu for Veterans: Send the Omnibus Plate Back to the Chef
Veterans Affairs Minister Erin O’Toole (Hill Times photo) Sean Bruyea In a bizarre and never-ending déjà vu, government is ramming through Parliament the fourth piece of veterans’ legislation in a...
View ArticleHiring veterans not a priority for O’Toole
by Sean Bruyea For the first time in eight decades, issues affecting Canada’s military veterans issues are featured prominently in an election. With so much at stake, why would government yet...
View ArticleBig gap between Liberal rhetoric and action on veterans issues
By Sean Bruyea Veterans and Canadians better stop holding their breath. Minister of Veterans Affairs Kent Hehr is way behind schedule and doesn’t have the oomph to fulfill his mandate letter....
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Can O’Regan avoid putting his foot in veterans’ mouths?
Hill Times file photo This piece was first published in the Hill Times on September 18, 2017. If the first public comments of newly appointed Veterans Affairs Minister Seamus O’Regan are anything to go...
View ArticleHow Seamus O’Regan can do the right thing
This piece was first published in the Hill Times on September 4, 2017. Removing Minister Kent Hehr from Veterans Affairs Canada was the right thing to do. The new minister, Seamus O’Regan, must do...
View ArticleLiberals’ new ‘pension for life’ for veterans fails to live up to campaign...
This piece was first published on the CBC website on January 2, 2018. Canada’s military veterans who endure disabling injuries were hoping for a Christmas present: a fulfilment of the Liberal campaign...
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