So Stephen Harper feels taking 1200 jobs out of Veterans Affairs is good service for the veterans of this country. And there are more points of service, alright! Injured veterans now have to line up alongside job-seekers and people seeking Employment Insurance benefits and SIN cards at Service Canada centres across the country. Sitting in a crowded waiting room, taking a number and hopefully getting to see a Client Service Representative who knows more about veterans benefits than just finding him/her a spot at a computer terminal in the waiting room. Call us if you need any help or if the computer system boots you out. Deplorable! ------------------------------------------------------ Some of the biggest job cuts at Veterans Affairs in recent years have been in the disability awards branch — the division targeted in a recent auditor generals report for taking too long to decide on the benefit claims of ex-soldiers. Departmental performance reports stretching back to 2009 show that roughly 897 positions have been eliminated across Veterans Affairs, with 33 per cent coming out of the section that administers pensions and awards. Those same records show the health and rehabilitation branches also took a sizable hit — roughly 372 positions during the same time frame. There are more benefits and more money for veterans than ever before, and more points of service. That is called good administration, good government, and it is good service for the veterans of this country. - Stephen Harper
Posted on: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 04:51:35 +0000
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