Unfortunately there has not been a Conservative Party in Canada since Peter McKay was conned into the alliance and then conned into allowing Harper to be the leader. It's long gone, and the Reform party is just a foot note now that Harperism destroyed any semblance to Preston Manning's legacy.
The Harper Government is failing miserably with our veterans past and present and while it is not completely their fault, it is a broken promise.
If it isn't their fault whose is it? The horror story a vet told me on how when he lived through Iraq and then a tour in Afghanistan he was then conned into giving up his retirement for 35 grand. Which he blew admittedly on drugs and alcohol through self medication.
I never got the whole the story but the jist of it .
It sort of follows what I hear in the news.
I knew this man when he was 16 and it was my prodding to get him in the army.
What I saw last summer was a shell of a man.
According to him the fact he used drugs and alcohol and admitted it is the main reason for them hanging him out to dry.
Again the story is sketchy and I am not in touch with the man.
I don't care how much it cost, if we are going to call upon our soldiers and send them into harms way it is our responsibility to be there when they need us.
Yes indeed, but this government does nothing to address these issues, and makes gaffes beyond gaffes and then spend more time on selling themselves and howling about Justin's haircut.
Sadly, while the other two parties are attempting to score points on this
I don't see their job as opposition is about scoring points.
I get an honest concern from both Mulclair and Liberal party members, when they stand up for our vets. I said OUR VETS!!!
Mulclair screams about the issues.
Maybe , your idea that you are a conservative is just misguided loyalty. and it is blinding you from seeing other parties outrage over this issue.
Like I said there is no more conservative party, ask Joe Clark, someone I look up too.
, the fact is that they will be just as lethargic.
You don't know that.
Canadians should hang their heads in shame for ignoring the present state of affairs.
The only people that should be hanging their heads in shame are supporters of this so called present Conservative Party.
Do they deserve your loyalty after what they have done to OUR VETS?
No vet should have to live without a pension. No vet should be conned out of it for 35 grand when they are completely suffering and screwed up with PTSD
this government , according to the man i know, took away Veteran pensions. and conned them into signing some hell thing for 35 grand
My mother was a war widow and she was well taken care of by the DVA till the Harperism cuts came into effect and she was hung out to dry.
She never asked for much but it turned into nothing for her. She had to beg for a walker and then DVA and the Navy fund had Welfare chip in for her.
I wanted to buy it for her but she would not have it, she wanted to prove something, at the request of old friends that worked for the DVA on the phone.
The DVA is a shell of what it was, and who is hanging their heads about that. Harperism is the fault.
You claiming the other two parties are using it for their gain is really unfair.
you want help ,and if some politician cries foul about Harperism you say it's them using the situation.
am I using you? Or am I just calling it as I see it?
