Showing posts with label veterans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label veterans. Show all posts

Wednesday, 8 September 2010

Support the Troops, kick out the Conservatives

WesternGrit: Harper to Veterans: Scr@w You...
Excerpt:
...
And now, the Harper government has announced they’re
cutting the department of Veterans’ Affairs and firing the Veterans’
Ombudsman, Colonel Pat Stogran.

Talk about absurd!

Stephen
Harper is quick to wrap himself in the flag and claim to be a big
supporter of the military. But he fails to put his money where his
mouth is.

When
governments make decisions to send the brave women and men of the
Canadian Forces into harm’s way, they must also shoulder the solemn
obligation of ensuring those soldiers are properly taken care of when,
God willing, they get back home.

Ombudsman
Stogran exposed the grim reality that this is not happening. Indeed,
he described the federal government’s treatment of many veterans as
“deliberately obstructive and deceptive”.

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Wednesday, 18 August 2010

Harper government prefers veterans dead instead of wounded.

Veterans wanted dead, not alive, ombudsman charges - thestar.com
And you thought you were supporting the troops by supporting the Conservative government ...
“I was told … that it is in the government’s best interests to have soldiers killed overseas rather than wounded because the liability is shorter term,” Stogran said.