Veterans Affairs committee  For access to the Last Post Fund, a member's family must have less than $12,000 in assets—you know the numbers. If I recall correctly, that amount was $24,000 previously, but, in 1995, it was lowered to $12,000. That criterion for eligibility means that almost no families can

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. I'm very proud that a few years ago our government extended the last post fund, which traditionally was for World War II and Korean veterans, to all veterans, modern veterans. It's critical to note that I believe the $12,000 threshold you talked

Business of Supply   from Veterans Affairs since 2009. That is 23% of the workforce. Compensation for funerals under the Last Post Fund has not kept up with the actual costs, leaving cash-strapped veterans and their families to pay the difference. Veterans requiring long-term care beds have been

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the Last Post Fund and agreements in place with Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) related to funeral expenses: (a) for each year from 2006 to 2015 inclusive, how many requests to cover funerals and burial costs have been received by the Last Post Fund; (b

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

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I enjoyed serving with my friend from Charlottetown on that committee. We talked quite a bit about the Last Post Fund. I am glad his colleague from Guelph is here in the House today. This is the way budgeting works. We have to set aside aside revenue that we

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2   reinvestment in the Last Post Fund for veterans, something the legion had been asking for, which would extend the century-long work of the Last Post Fund to modern-day veterans, veterans post-Korean War, who may have been indigent at the time they passed. I think all members in this House

Committees of the House   and modernized the Last Post Fund, increasing both the amounts covered by the fund and extending it to modern veterans, not to ensure every veteran has a funeral paid for by his or her country, because I know most do not want that, I certainly do not, but all veterans want to know

Veterans Affairs committee   come to that figure. I know it refers to war veterans, but I'd like to get a more enhanced appreciation of that figure. Second, as you know, the government did announce, and we thank the government for allowing modern-day veterans access to the Last Post Fund. Minister, as you

Veterans Affairs committee  . On the phone number issue, if that's what's happening, I'm concerned about it, as you and others obviously are, and we'll look into it. On the issue of the Last Post Fund, I believe the top-up was some $108 million of recent date. I think you make a good point. We should be looking

Veterans Hiring Act   previously, such as the Last Post Fund and the reimbursements for training and post-secondary education, these are half measures that will have little impact on the quality of life of most veterans. There will be few jobs available in the public service in the short and medium term

Veterans Affairs committee   II level and the Last Post Fund burial benefits. That's knowing that we were in consultation with the government of the day and they had clearly said that we qualified for those benefits. It's just a matter of opening them up to us. In the final analysis, we didn't get those

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1   veterans and their families. Those organizations, like the last post fund, had their budgets cut in 1995 to reduce government deficits. Those cuts have never been redressed, let alone seen an indexation for inflation, the kind we have seen over 20 years. I should point out

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, last night I went to the veterans affairs committee and we heard from the last post fund, the people who support and try to maintain funding for veterans in difficult financial circumstances. They were very clear that the current government may indeed have put more

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, on playing games with respect to the last post fund, the member and I served together on the veterans affairs committee when the last budget was brought down, and the member would know that in the last budget the government budgeted $65 million for the last post