Monthly Archives: April 2015

A VETERAN’S VOICE: Ste Anne PARKING PROBLEMS: PRIVILEGES  VS.  PAYMENTS by Wolf William Solkin “PARKING PROBLEMS: PRIVILEGES  VS.  PAYMENTS” Ste. Anne’s  (Veterans) Hospital is about to be exposed to its own institutional version of PTSD, i.e., Post Transfer Snafu Discombobulation … Continue reading →

Guest Editorial: Veterans’ benefits improvements overdue http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Guest+Editorial+Veterans+benefits+improvements+overdue/10998985/story.html The Toronto Star April 23, 2015 Veterans Affairs Minister Erin O’Toole speaks duiring a news conference at the Department of National Defence headquarters in Ottawa, Monday March 30, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld … Continue reading →

Married to PTSD: Veterans’ Spouses Whose Home Lives Are Battlefields Posted: 04/23/2015 1:53 pm EDT Updated: 24 minutes ago  http://bit.ly/MarriedtoPTSD  Jenifer Migneault comforts her husband veteran Claude Rainville after she tried to speak with Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino, after … Continue reading →

SISIP CLASS ACTION – Undeliverable Settlement Packages Dear Class Members, Re: Dennis Manuge v. Her Majesty the Queen HFX. No.: T-463-07 Undeliverable Settlement Packages Since April 15, 2013, we have delivered settlement packages to over 8,000 class members. We have … Continue reading →

CVA is looking for someone who can take over the publication of Mr Wolf Solkin, WWII Vet at Ste Anne Hospital, articles on the Information Repository and FaceBook. Mr Wolf Solkin had to resign as Editor at Ste Anne “Regrettably, … Continue reading →

VAC Responds: Critical Injury Benefit   Clarification to article by Murray Brewster and Terry Pedwell, Canadian Press, March 30, 2015. Part 1 The article included a quote from Phil Ralph of Wounded Warriors, asking do we address the long term … Continue reading →

CANFORGEN 069/15 CMP 035/15 091511Z APR 15 CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION DAOD 5516-2 UNCLASSIFIED   THE PURPOSE OF THIS CANFORGEN IS TO ANNOUNCE THE UPDATE OF THE CAF CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION DAOD   THE CAF ARE DEDICATED TO FULLY UPHOLDING THE PRINCIPLES ENSHRINED … Continue reading →

Conservative loon Michael Savage attacks veterans with PTSD: ‘Boo-hoo-hoo!’ David Ferguson 21 Oct 2014 at 13:56 ET Michael Savage (Facebook.com)   Conservative talk radio host Michael Savage said last week that veterans with PTSD are a bunch of crybabies who … Continue reading →

Please see the following note from Peter Stoffer, MP regarding Bill C-58 and the three proposed new benefits for veterans and their families   Last month, the federal government introduced new legislation (Bill C-58) that will provide three new benefits … Continue reading →

CINDY FORSTER MPP WELLAND – PRIVATE BILL (ONTARIO) PRIORITY FOR LONG TERM CARE FACILITY MODERN for VETS   It’s a private members bill that would essentially extend priority to modern day veterans to long term care beds in all long … Continue reading →