I have a concern with the list as well. There are individuals on the list who have been proven not to have been living in the area at the time. However, they were able to get two people to sign an affidavit saying they were there, and they were successful applicants.
Another concern I have with those lists is that my name is on the list because, yes, I was successful for my condition. I am here fighting for civilians who can't fight for themselves, and for my mother and my sister-in-law. She lost everything when my brother died unnecessarily.
The issue is that the Access to Information Act is in place to protect people. The Privacy Act is there to protect names. One of the blundering slapstick items I was referring to is that the names on the list should never have been officially released. Who in their right mind would want their name out there, knowing that, yes, they did get the $20,000? That's a violation of their rights. That goes to show another area in Veterans Affairs where the grave errors continue. Each individual may decide to sue the government for giving out their name. The government went against its own Privacy Act.
That's all I want to say about that. Thank you.