LET'S GET REALISTIC HERE

A VETERANS NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW

A few points to make before the government sits again, finally. The items are few but their solutions are unfortunately quite simple too.

First: The government wants to save me, the taxpayer money.

Solution: Since Harper can't bring himself to keep the election promise about the Senate and the Opposition wants it abolished, I believe a resolution is easily found. The Supreme Court is down a judge and Harper wants to keep on defending Senators then adjust the pay scale. Pay Senators and The Governor General 1 dollar per year salary. This will lower taxpayer costs and we would get rid of all those in it for the money and not for our Country. We would then have money to help needy veterans and their families.

Second: Hiring lawyers to put into the Bureau of Pension Advocates (BPA) to just fight Veterans Affairs (the people that hired them - this is their whole mandate) seems a waste of money. Veterans with PTSD, or any other Job Related Mental Injury (J.I.M.I.) be afforded a lawyer immediately after diagnosis to help them through the system and thus avoiding further injury.

Solution: Veterans should be able to use government hired lawyers to fight on their behalf all the way through the Canadian Court System. The idea that the BPA lawyers can only fight the organization that hired them is incestuous to say the least. The idea of loyalty to the client (veteran) comes into question rather quickly.

ANOTHER GG SIGHTING - HE SHOULD BE HERE SOON TO HELP VETERANS!

Thirdly: The WW2 and Korean Vets are aging. I believe there are more non-military members now than veterans at the Legions.

Solution: The Legions no longer support the majority of new veterans from a financial or legal footing. They provide no legal assistance to new veterans because they provide no lawyers. I asked. With dwindling numbers, Legions need to be closed and sold with the monies re-distributed to the viable Legions and to new veteran organizations. This will allow them to have finances to create their own establishments to suit their needs and requirements.