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House Hansard - 78

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 31, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 78 - May/31/22
Ms. Lindsay Mathyssen (London—Fanshawe, NDP)
  • May/31/22 2:54:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, today's Auditor General's report confirms Canadian veterans are still waiting months or even years to access disability benefits and says better data is desperately needed. This has been an issue since 2014, but the government continues to fail Canadian veterans. It is completely unacceptable that veterans are forced to do without the supports and services they need because the government has not fixed the problems. It has been eight years. What will it take for the minister to finally get Canadian veterans the help they deserve?
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Context: House Hansard - 78 - May/31/22
Hon. Lawrence MacAulay (Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, Lib.)
  • May/31/22 2:54:30 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the Auditor General for her work and welcome her four recommendations. Our investment of $340 million has allowed us to hire hundreds of staff and speed up processes. With that, we have reduced the backlog by 50%, from 23,000 down to just over 10,600. We are on the right path and we will continue on that path to make sure veterans receive their appropriate remuneration.
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Context: House Hansard - 78 - May/31/22
Mr. Daniel Blaikie (Elmwood—Transcona, NDP)
  • May/31/22 2:55:04 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, veterans need the government to get down that path a lot sooner. Today, the Auditor General also said that Canadians in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis are not able to access the supports Liberals say are available to them, and made it clear that for these vulnerable Canadians the government does not even have a plan to help. A plan would look like supporting a motion to make profitable oil and gas companies pay their fair share, instead of voting against it. A plan would look like raising the GST rebate and declaring a low-income CERB repayment amnesty, instead of trying to collect debt from the poor. When will we see a real plan from the government that includes the relief people need to feed their families and keep a roof over their head?
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