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

Last Post Fund  Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to rise today to speak to Motion No. 422, which would improve the Last Post Fund. My colleague from Random—Burin—St. George's moved this motion on behalf of our veterans. This proves that we are true to our slogan for the last election: we can

Last Post Fund  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to rise today to reaffirm our government's full support for a program that is so important to Canadian veterans and their families. I am also pleased to say that the federal burial fund program is working, that every year it is helping the families of ve

Last Post Fund  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to speak to Motion No. 422, regarding improvements to the Last Post Fund. This motion addresses a matter that is of critical importance to veterans and their families. Every veteran deserves a dignified funeral and burial. If we want

Last Post Fund   for Victoria, in the House and I congratulate him on his six-month milestone. On November 6, the member called for an independent task force on the Last Post Fund and sent out a press release on this issue that she claimed she was promoting along with her Liberal colleagues. I have

Last Post Fund  The House resumed from April 18 consideration of the motion.

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

Veterans Affairs committee   to adequate results. In a perfect world it should be separate. Not only should the war pensioners' allowance and the Last Post fund be discussed, but the lump-sum award and the issues that are confronting veterans should be discussed. You do have an opportunity to make this right before

Veterans Affairs committee   clarification. I'll start with you, Mr. Blais. In talking about this whole issue of veterans managing in their last years, there is the very fact that the Last Post fund has increased the amount payable but at the same time it has failed to improve the $12,000 threshold. When

Veterans Affairs committee  , so thank you very much. Mr. Blais, I have a question for you. You had a comprehensive overview. You were very passionate, and I respect that. But you were comparing some of these changes to the $12,000 threshold for the Last Post fund. I'd like you to comment on the changes made

Business of Supply  , there is an indication that $65 million has been allocated over the next two years for the last post fund. The last post fund spends about $10 million a year, so we know very well that $65 million will not be spent in the next two years. A few years from now, is there going to be another Auditor

Veterans Affairs   Canadian Legion, there are 150 homeless veterans in Ontario. It is a disgrace. Second, the costs of a funeral and burial services have not been met adequately by the government. Some years ago, the assets cut-off to provide monetary help through the Last Post Fund was $24,000

Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 1   that there is good news in this bill for veterans. The bill would amend the War Veterans Allowance Act to ensure that veterans' disability benefits would no longer be deducted when calculating the war veteran allowance, and the contributions for the last post fund for funeral and burial services

Veterans Affairs   their mismanagement of Veterans Affairs. Conservatives dragged disabled veterans through the courts over pension clawbacks. They made the appeals process for benefits a nightmare. They shortchanged the last post fund to the point of embarrassment; and then there are the Conservative privacy

Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 1   is the only one that has no case managers. They were all taken out in the last budget. However, I want to focus on the last post fund. He trumpets the last post fund. My question for the hon. member is this. There have been improvements made in the budget for the last post fund, but two