Veterans  Mr. Speaker, the National Council of Veteran Associations has confirmed that the Liberals have betrayed veterans and that veteran Sean Bruyea was right all along. The Liberals are also deliberately blocking ill and injured veterans from accessing the career transition service. H

Veterans  Mr. Speaker, while our veterans have faced the most unimaginable of horrors, our Prime Minister cannot stomach the truth of those horrors. For veterans, PTSD is a burden they carry from serving a grateful nation. Chris Garnier developed PTSD strangling officer Catherine Campbel

Veterans  Mr. Speaker, when veteran Sean Bruyea questioned the rhetoric of this government, the first thing the Minister of Veterans Affairs did was have his staff fact-check his claims, but when they confirmed the numbers, the minister sent in high-priced lawyers to shut Mr. Bruyea up.

Veterans Affairs  Mr. Speaker, let me say what is shameful. It is shameful that it took 29 days for the minister and the Prime Minister to get back to the House. It is shameful that every Liberal in the House stood yesterday to defend the benefits going to Chris Garnier, a convicted murderer sitti

Veterans Affairs  Mr. Speaker, the minister continues to defend the indefensible on the Garnier case. Catherine Campbell was brutally murdered, put into a compost bin and dumped under a bridge. This is a one-off situation. This is a mistake by Veterans Affairs to make this decision in the first

Veterans Affairs  Mr. Speaker, today, the comments in the debate around the Chris Garnier case show a clear lack of leadership and the ability the minister and the Prime Minister have to intervene and stop this outrageous situation, where this murderer is receiving veterans benefits. This is not a

Business of Supply  He is passing it off to his bureaucrats.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, the great majority of what the minister has said today did not address the situation. He chose to address it at the end of his speech. From the report he received, he has decided to hand this decision off to someone else. He has decided that someone other than him

Business of Supply  Immediately, Madam Speaker. It took legislation, and that is why the period of time happened. He painted a different canvas than that. In this case, if the minister is not willing to take immediate action on this wrong, and I believe that many of his colleagues in the House know

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, let me assure my hon. colleague that day in and day out in this House and at committee, we are called upon to hold the government to account on all of the issues that he brought under the umbrella of the management of the Minister of Veterans Affairs. On all of the

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, that is absolutely false. As expected, that was totally off topic and did not address the one-off case which today's motion proposes to resolve. I respect the member of Parliament for his service to our country, as I do all veterans. Let me clarify for him that on

Business of Supply  moved: That, given the Prime Minister has told veterans that they are “asking for more than we are able to give”, the House call on the Minister of Veterans Affairs to revoke the Veterans Affairs Canada benefits that have been extended to Chris Garnier, who is not a veteran, i

Veterans Affairs  Mr. Speaker, when asked why veterans cannot access benefits meant for them, the minister told veterans, “When you prepay at the pump, you put in 80 bucks, you don’t fill it up, you get that credit back.” There is one guy out there who has no trouble accessing funds meant for vet

Veterans Affairs  Mr. Speaker, he killed officer Catherine Campbell. He put her in a compost bin, and he dumped her under a bridge. He has never worn the uniform, yet she wore two uniforms, one as a police officer and one as a volunteer firefighter. By his lawyer's own admission, Christopher Ga

Veterans Affairs  Mr. Speaker, here is what we know in this House today. The Prime Minister will not stand up and answer the question about the murderer who is collecting benefits that are targeted for veterans, not for someone who has not served in the military. This was a 30-year-old healthy ind