2014-12-12

Veteran Affairs Under Fantino A Messy Affair

The U.S. isn't the only country with problems serving and caring for their veterans in a proper, humane and timely manner. Canada has been rocked with its own VA problems:

Ottawa Citizen:

"Some see Fantino’s performance at Veterans Affairs as spectacularly disastrous. Footage of a nasty exchange with veterans in January, where the minister took issue with a finger-jabbing soldier before storming out, went viral. So did video of Fantino being chased down a hallway by the wife of a vet suffering from PTSD in May. Both incidents shadow him to this day.

Those who have worked with Fantino say those examples don’t do him justice. Even opposition critics and veterans groups who have been critical of the government concede the minister’s genuine desire to help veterans. And they say he has helped in some ways.

But four years after arriving in Parliament, Fantino’s political weaknesses have been exposed and the government is on the defensive when it comes to its treatment of veterans. It could be only a matter of time until he is replaced."


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