Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I want to ask you about the Last Post Fund. Back when the Conservatives were in power, it was extremely frustrating to try to get through to them the importance of the discrepancy between the cost of a funeral, which was paid

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. No, it wouldn't be connected to that. It would be in relation to the number of veterans passing, as well as the need for their services. There's a lower uptake. We're working with the Last Post Fund in terms of grave markers and other areas in which

Committees of the House   not be given a proper burial, one year later, Arthur created the Last Post Fund, an organization that is still active today and whose mission is to provide a proper burial for veterans with no financial resources at the time of their death. Since 1930, many burials have taken place

Veterans Affairs committee  I had concerns about your comments with regard to monuments and headstones. I looked up the numbers, and in our budget we provide $24.4 million over five years to clean, repair and replace grave markers and so on. Headstones are available through the Last Post Fund, which is out

Department of Veterans Affairs Act   of a service-related impairment on his or her career. We also increased the value of the Last Post Fund to appropriately commemorate the service and sacrifice of our veterans, and increased the estate exemption to make it easier for the families of veterans to provide a dignified burial

National Defence committee  We know that funeral expenses for former CAF members are fully reimbursed, albeit with certain conditions, by the Last Post Fund. We also know that the military is looking to rectify omissions in awarding medals and other delays in cases of death by suicide. What happens

Veterans Affairs committee  fI have one more question and it pertains to the Last Post Fund. I'm sorry, but I missed some of what the minister said. I know that the amount a family can receive has been increased, but has the cut-off changed? It was $12,500. If you had assets of more than $12,500, you

Veterans Affairs committee   and the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Dieppe. The estimates also include an increase in the funeral and burial program that is administered by the Last Post Fund, which provides financial assistance for funeral and burial services, including grave markings for eligible veterans

Veterans Affairs   60 clawback clause; and doubling funding for the Last Post Fund. We are a quarter of the way through the government's mandate and the minister has let veterans down. To add insult to injury, the government is taking veterans back to court and arguing that the government does

National Defence committee  , for 18 years. I was then chair of the Council of Honorary Colonels of Canada, and I am now president of the Quebec Branch of the Last Post Fund. My colleague, Lieutenant-Colonel John Selkirk, also has extensive experience in the reserves. He began his service as a student

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1.   wish very much to show all veterans that they respect them and that these veterans deserve our support. This can be accomplished by a government prepared to expand eligibility and increase funding for the Last Post Fund to ensure that all veterans can be guaranteed a dignified

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1.   award would be indexed to inflation, in line with other new veterans charter benefits, and higher awards would be paid retroactively to all veterans who have received an award since the introduction of the new veterans charter in 2006. Fifth, the act would also improve the Last Post

Veterans Affairs committee  As the minister indicated earlier in the morning, the Last Post Fund administers the program of funeral and burial on behalf of the department. With respect to this budget, one of the biggest criticisms had been that the estate exemption, which had been reduced in 1995

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I am wondering about the Last Post Fund. Do you feel okay to answer a question on that?

Veterans Affairs committee   the uptake on that, the fact that it has received funding, and whether there has been any criticism of that. How can we improve that to ensure that veterans have access to the services through the Last Post Fund?