Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1   it is at. Our government was happy to help complete some of the funding. As a veteran myself, I have to note that, as stated on page 223, our government maintains its strong commitment to our veterans and their families. With a $108 million commitment to the Last Post Fund, we are taking

Veterans Affairs committee   a lot in Veterans Affairs, or at least that's the sense that I get. It may happen right across the government spectrum. But when you talk about the Last Post Fund and making sure that it's enshrined in the Veterans Charter, have you given any thought to the sort of language

Veterans Affairs committee  , and the psychological care is not there. People are waiting months and months and months in order to access it. It seems to me that it comes down to dollars and cents. One of the things that struck me, Mr. O'Connor, when you were talking about the Last Post Fund, was that the reductions in 1995

Veterans Affairs committee  The Last Post Fund, to my knowledge, was not.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you very much. We appreciate the input. Now we will turn to Mr. Daniel O'Connor, please, of the Last Post Fund.

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

The Budget   in the budget that respond to the need to lower the threshold of proof, to lower the need to declare income and so on, in order to put someone in the position where they could take advantage of the Last Post Fund. We put everything out there and we see if it works. Then we try to improve

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member started out with a couple of comments with respect to what has been in the Last Post Fund in this and in the last budget, and then later in his remarks he said that we should not take anything that anyone says at face value. One of the things he

Veterans Affairs  Mr. Speaker, last year our government committed to Canadian veterans and their families that we would make substantial improvements to the Last Post Fund. We all want to ensure a dignified burial is possible for veterans of modest means or those who have been injured in service

Veterans Affairs  ' families. This week, economic action plan 2014 added $108 million for the Last Post Fund to ensure that modern-day veterans of modest means can have a dignified burial. Here is what the president of the Last Post Fund said: I am very pleased that the issue of eligibility of modern

Veterans  Mr. Speaker, in 1995 the Liberal government changed the means test of the Last Post Fund from an entry level of $24,000 in income to $12,000 in income. Unfortunately, 19 years later, the means test is still at $12,000. Now I thank the government very much for the fact

Veterans   with regard to the Last Post Fund to ensure that the modern day veterans previously excluded will be able to have a dignified burial. We are doing the best we can, and we will continue working for our veterans.

Veterans Affairs  Mr. Speaker, last year, our government doubled the financial benefit available to a veteran's family from $3,600 to $7,300, plus an average of $1,200 for burial costs. That is a total of $8,500 available to a veteran's family, making the Canadian Last Post Fund one of the most

The Budget   to enhance the Last Post Fund for Canadian veterans, on top of the $108 million announced yesterday; $282 million to shovel veterans' driveways, cut their grass, and clean their homes; $10 million per year to create five new operational stress injury clinics. Those parties

Veterans Affairs  Mr. Speaker, this government, even before the budget, has made record investments into precisely those kinds of health services for our veterans. I was delighted to see the Legion support yesterday for the extension of the Last Post Fund. It is passing strange that the leader