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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 abo
May 12th, 2015Committee meeting
Erin O'TooleConservative
Veterans Affairs committee I can. I have to say without hesitation that the most rewarding part of the months I've been minister has been in meeting other veterans helping veterans. As you said, I worked with some great organizations of Canadians: True Patriot Love, Canada Company, Treble Victor, Wounded W
May 12th, 2015Committee meeting
Erin O'TooleConservative
Veterans Affairs committee It's a fine looking chair, too.
May 12th, 2015Committee meeting
Erin O'TooleConservative
Veterans Affairs committee What I think your question recognizes, Mr. Stoffer, is everyone's desire to plug new benefits and new programs under the new veterans charter into the old system. The attendant allowance and the family caregiver relief benefit are two different things—
May 12th, 2015Committee meeting
Erin O'TooleConservative
Veterans Affairs committee There are a few questions there. In terms of Bill C-58 and the budget implementation act, the budget implementation act will ensure that I meet my commitment to veterans and their families about passing these benefits, these reforms, before Parliament rises. I've made that comm
May 12th, 2015Committee meeting
Erin O'TooleConservative
Veterans Affairs committee Thank you for the question, Mr. Opitz, and thank you for your service for many years in the Canadian Armed Forces, and the work you've done with veterans on transition and hiring programs. It's appreciated. When I unveiled the retirement income security benefit, which was a key
May 12th, 2015Committee meeting
Erin O'TooleConservative
Veterans Affairs committee Thank you, Mr. Donnelly. It's good to see you here at the committee. I've spoken to my deputy, and we will look into the Canada child tax benefit issue. Obviously, that would be a Canadian Armed Forces issue, not a Veterans Affairs issue. I am not familiar with the specific issu
May 12th, 2015Committee meeting
Erin O'TooleConservative
Veterans Affairs committee I'll go to your motion from yesterday. In my speech that followed your speech, I thanked you for bringing the motion. I think anytime we have a substantive debate on care for veterans and their families in the House of Commons, that's a good thing. As I noted in my debate, my fir
May 12th, 2015Committee meeting
Erin O'TooleConservative
Veterans Affairs committee Thank you, Mr. Lizon. This is an important benefit, and it's part of several reforms we've done in recent years to try to provide more support for the family. This is a living charter. I want to do more in the future because the family is so critical to the wellness of the veter
May 12th, 2015Committee meeting
Erin O'TooleConservative
Veterans Affairs committee Yes, this committee, in its report last June, did say that the eligibility criteria for the permanent impairment allowance were too rigid. We've listened and loosened the eligibility requirements in terms of the assistance to daily living and some of the criteria factored into th
May 12th, 2015Committee meeting
Erin O'TooleConservative
Veterans Affairs committee Absolutely. I think the new veterans charter was created to try to focus on wellness. Each year we have about 1,200 men and women in the Canadian Armed Forces who are released from service for medical reasons. In some cases it's from a service injury. In a very small number of ca
May 12th, 2015Committee meeting
Erin O'TooleConservative
Veterans Affairs committee No. As I said in an answer earlier, in comparison to spending when we formed a government in 2006, we're spending on average about $700 million more, but we're spending it in different ways. All parliamentarians, including Mr. Stoffer, who I think has been here longer than anyon
May 12th, 2015Committee meeting
Erin O'TooleConservative
Veterans Affairs committee The agreement in principle is set with the Government of Quebec. As you know, the provincial government in Quebec is, at the moment, also restructuring their governance of health care and health care administration across the province. That will be part of the conversation leadin
May 12th, 2015Committee meeting
Erin O'TooleConservative
Veterans Affairs committee That's a good analogy, absolutely. You draw upon it. Your goal is to clear exactly what you need. You then go back to Parliament if you think there's some special allocation needed, but your goal is to actually estimate exactly. You should always estimate a little more so you do
May 12th, 2015Committee meeting
Erin O'TooleConservative
Veterans Affairs committee Absolutely. This is a story that every once in a while, in a slow news cycle, comes up with all departments. They will say where the government didn't spend money. It's actually a case where there was an estimate and that estimate was not met. When it comes to Veterans Affairs,
May 12th, 2015Committee meeting
Erin O'TooleConservative