Help Our Veterans

Veterans and the workers who serve them say it will be impossible for eight Client Service Agents to make up for the work of the 89 front line workers in Veterans Affairs offices slated for closure.

PSAC has printed 10,000 postcards addressed to Prime Minister Harper protesting the office closures.

Veterans and the workers who serve them say they are troubled to learn about a compromise proposed by two Nova Scotia MLAs at a meeting with Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino in Ottawa yesterday

Veterans are paying close attention the tight race in the Brandon-Souris federal by-election.

Veterans and the workers who serve them say Minister Fantino needs to hear what they have to say before going ahead with closures of Veterans Affairs offices in their communities.

With Remembrance Day fast approaching, the Canadian government is choosing to throw money at an ad campaign to repair its image at the expense of Canada’s veterans. The government is ignoring the voices of veterans and is whitewashing its own betrayal with advertising. 

This 67 minute video from an Oct. 3 media event shows veterans Ron Clarke, John Yeo, Terry Collins, Roy Lamore and Michael Barnewall describing how cuts to Veterans Affairs regional offices will affect them.

These Members of Parliament are veterans themselves or have ridings close to the Veterans Affairs offices the government wants to shut down. Send them an email urging them to publicly oppose the closure of Veterans Affairs offices.

You can help veterans stop the closure of the Veterans Affairs offices in their communities. PSAC members will be working with veterans to organize events in their communities and urge Members of Parliament to speak out against the closures.

You can help veterans stop the closure of the Veterans Affairs offices in their communities. In the lead-up to Remembrance Day and beyond, PSAC members will be working with veterans to organize awareness-raising events in their communities and to urge Members of Parliament to speak out against the decision to close these offices. Find out how you can help.