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

Veterans Affairs committee  Mr. Chairman, lady and gentleman, members of the committee, I'd like to thank you for this opportunity to speak to you briefly this afternoon concerning the new Veterans Charter, and in particular the Last Post Fund in relation to the new Veterans Charter. I speak to you in my

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

Last Post Fund  moved: That, in the opinion of the House, the Last Post Fund is currently underfunded and excludes deserving veterans causing unnecessary stress and hardship to families of veterans, and that the House call on the government to do the following: (a) accept the recommendations

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I was a little surprised that my colleague opposite started out his speech with a reference to government support for the Last Post Fund, because we served together on the veterans committee at the time the contribution to the Last Post Fund was enhanced. Part

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

Last Post Fund   the Last Post Fund in ways that would ensure that it is properly funded and adequately positioned to help the families of veterans who have given us all so much. Any effective National Defence strategy must include appropriate supports for soldiers after they return from combat. I am

Last Post Fund   to debate it in committee. I am very pleased to participate in the debate. Part of the reason is that for some time now, I have actually had a motion before the veterans committee. The minute we tried to introduce the motion to do a root and branch study of the Last Post Fund before

Last Post Fund  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to speak today to Motion No. 422, which calls on the House to recognize that the Last Post Fund is underfunded and calls on the government to accept the recommendations of successive veterans ombudsmen who have spoken on the issue. The goal is to expand