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‘Veterans are not getting the services they need’: vets, mental health clinicians, and Veterans Affairs union sound alarm over new rehab services contract

Veterans Affairs' assistant deputy minister Steven Harris says the department is still migrating veterans from the old contract into the new system, and it will take until summer to get everything running.

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE
March 13, 2023

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House Veterans Affairs Committee says feds should ‘acknowledge gaps’ in its case managers comms strategy, but department says stakeholders were consulted during process

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

The rehab program intake process is 'unique to each veteran,' says a Veterans Affairs spokesperson. 'The timelines for assessments are tailored to their individual needs.'

House Veterans Affairs Committee says feds should ‘acknowledge gaps’ in its case managers comms strategy, but department says stakeholders were consulted during process

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

The rehab program intake process is 'unique to each veteran,' says a Veterans Affairs spokesperson. 'The timelines for assessments are tailored to their individual needs.'

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And Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay will appear in committee again today after more reports emerge of veterans being offered medical assistance in dying.

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And Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay will appear in committee again today after more reports emerge of veterans being offered medical assistance in dying.

Time for the minister to go

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What we have at Veterans Affairs Canada, under Lawrence MacAulay, is a series of temporary solutions to a permanent situation. Veterans are not temporary. They are veterans for life.

Time for the minister to go

OpinionBY VIRGINIA VAILLANCOURT

What we have at Veterans Affairs Canada, under Lawrence MacAulay, is a series of temporary solutions to a permanent situation. Veterans are not temporary. They are veterans for life.