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House Hansard - 215

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 16, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 215 - Jun/16/23
Mr. Luc Desilets (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, BQ)
  • Jun/16/23 11:56:02 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, Veterans Affairs Canada has a backlog of 8,365 disability claims. These 8,365 claims exceed the already long service standard of 16 weeks. The Parliamentary Budget Officer presented the solution in 2020, however. Ottawa needed to hire just 400 permanent employees, but it made half of those positions temporary. The result is that thousands of veterans are still seeing these unacceptable delays. Will the minister finally hire permanent employees—
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Context: House Hansard - 215 - Jun/16/23
Mr. Luc Desilets (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, BQ)
  • Jun/16/23 11:57:19 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, the Bloc Québécois had to put the pressure on in 2021. It used to take 57 weeks to process initial disability claims for francophones. This number is now down to 29 weeks. That is not bad. However, the service standard is still the same, which is 16 weeks. That is still well above demand. Behind these numbers are veterans who are suffering, veterans who are waiting, and veterans who feel totally abandoned by the government. Can the minister say what he is going to do today to speed up claims processing?
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