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Retired_Can_Soldier
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#1  Top Rated PostSep 25th, 2012
Tories spent more than $750,000 in court battle against veterans’ pension claim

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Ottawa Citizen

OTTAWA – The Harper government spent $750,462 in legal fees fighting veterans over the clawback of military pensions, documents tabled in Parliament show.
Federal Liberals have been demanding to see a breakdown of Ottawa’s legal costs in the class-action lawsuit launched by veterans advocate Dennis Manuge, of Halifax.
The response was tabled in Parliament last week, but Justice Minister Rob Nicholson refused to release an itemized count, invoking solicitor-client privilege.
Instead, he released a global amount for the lawsuit, which has been dragging its way through the courts since March 2007.
Liberal veterans critic Sean Casey described the legal bill as an “obscene waste of taxpayers’ money.”


This is a better account of what the New Ratbag Administration same as the Old Ratbag Administration is doing.

National Post Article

Turncoat a$$holes.
 
PoliticalNick
Free Thinker
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Re: Meet the new boss, same as the old boss

Sep 25th, 2012
I thought Harpo was big on military spending. Guess humans don't rate like a new F-35
 
Fletch
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Re: Meet the new boss, same as the old boss

Sep 25th, 2012
Its simple. Unrealistic pensions. The 750K is well spent if we can avoid another pension fiasco like the the teachers and Auto-Workers. Time for people to take care of thier own financial stability and stop waiting for the government to cradle them. Harper is Just in this cause
 
PoliticalNick
Free Thinker
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Re: Meet the new boss, same as the old boss

Sep 25th, 2012
Quote: Originally Posted by FletchView Post

Its simple. Unrealistic pensions. The 750K is well spent if we can avoid another pension fiasco like the the teachers and Auto-Workers. Time for people to take care of thier own financial stability and stop waiting for the government to cradle them. Harper is Just in this cause

Though some pensions may be unrealistic these people served our country faithfully on the promise of that pension. I can see changing thine moving forward but for those already retired or close to it....well they should get what they signed up for otherwise the govt is really in breach of contract.

Maybe they shod leave the ones who put in a career alone and chop the gold-plated pensions for MPs who serve 8 years.
 
Retired_Can_Soldier
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Re: Meet the new boss, same as the old boss

Sep 25th, 2012
Quote: Originally Posted by FletchView Post

Its simple. Unrealistic pensions. The 750K is well spent if we can avoid another pension fiasco like the the teachers and Auto-Workers. Time for people to take care of thier own financial stability and stop waiting for the government to cradle them. Harper is Just in this cause

Military pensions are not unrealistic, they're a hell of a lot lower than anyone elses and Soldiers pay in to them. Veterans often pay for medical pensions with body parts. The Federal Government are acting the same way the Liberals did. Time for them to pony up what they owe and quit trying to claw back money that isn't theirs to claw back.
 
PoliticalNick
Free Thinker
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Re: Meet the new boss, same as the old boss

Sep 25th, 2012
Quote: Originally Posted by Retired_Can_SoldierView Post

Military pensions are not unrealistic, they're a hell of a lot lower than anyone elses and Soldiers pay in to them. Veterans often pay for medical pensions with body parts. The Federal Government are acting the same way the Liberals did. Time for them to pony up what they owe and quit trying to claw back money that isn't theirs to claw back.

My sister retired after 25 years last year. She still hasn't seen any money yet because she did 25 yrs on class B. They are trying to tell her she gets a reduced amount even though she put in the time and paid in the same amount. It's friken stupid!
 
taxslave
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Re: Meet the new boss, same as the old boss

Sep 25th, 2012
Quote: Originally Posted by Retired_Can_SoldierView Post

Military pensions are not unrealistic, they're a hell of a lot lower than anyone elses and Soldiers pay in to them. Veterans often pay for medical pensions with body parts. The Federal Government are acting the same way the Liberals did. Time for them to pony up what they owe and quit trying to claw back money that isn't theirs to claw back.

Is the push for clawback political or bureaucratic induced? Seems like a change of government has not changed anything on the low end of the totem pole.
 
Locutus
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Re: Meet the new boss, same as the old boss

Sep 25th, 2012
I cannot fathom the historic resistance to working with this group. What have they done to deserve such a shi!tty go?

Are the cons (in this case), of all politicos, that unapproachable and arrogant that they will absolutely do whatever they want whatever the fallout or are we, are we really so fukkin stupid that we just don't understand the problem?

Wtfingf?
 
Fletch
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Re: Meet the new boss, same as the old boss

Sep 25th, 2012
GEtting a pension put you on the low end of the Totem pole?!?! I might as well just get back to diggin ditches...

Quote: Originally Posted by taxslaveView Post

Is the push for clawback political or bureaucratic induced? Seems like a change of government has not changed anything on the low end of the totem pole.

 

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