Veterans Ombudsman Guy Parent says the new veterans charter is putting the most severely wounded veterans at a big disadvantage compared with the pre-2006 compensation legislation, and he is calling on the government to act now to fix it.
Parent's office did a detailed actuarial analysis that found that some of the most disabled veterans could live out their old age in near-poverty under the new charter.
In anticipation of Tuesday's report release, Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino, announced the federal government will review the charter. It was a clear about-face as the government had said the legislation would not be looked at again until 2016.
But Parent said at a news conference on Tuesday another lengthy review is not needed, and he urged the government to act on the recommendations in his report.
The new veterans charter was unanimously implemented by Parliament in 2006. It has been a lightning rod for ex-soldiers, who have seen the decades-old pension for life system replaced with a workers' compensation-style approach of lump-sum awards and allowances.
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