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Veterans from the Saskatoon area have joined forces with the union representing Veterans Affairs front-line workers to speak out against the closure of the Veterans Affairs office in their community.

Report of the Regional Executive Vice-President, Prairies to the Prairie Region Council submitted for the January 2014 meeting. This report covers the period from the last PRC meeting.

Those are strong words to come from anyone, much less decorated former members of the Canadian military. But a delegation of veterans from across Canada could no longer mince words on Wednesday, after being insulted by Veterans’ Affairs Minister Julian Fantino.

These numbers come from information contained in the September 2013 Veterans Affairs Senior Departmental Report and from a survey of Union of Veterans Affairs Employees local presidents in December 2013

Hundreds of people braved the frigid -20 degree weather on Saturday to protest the elimination of door-to-door delivery at the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg. The Canada Post rally was one of many held across the country over the weekend.

In just two weeks, veterans in Northern Saskatchewan will be left without the face-to-face services they deserve when the federal government closes the Saskatoon Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) office, along with seven others across the country: Charlottetown, Corner Brook, Sydney, Thunder Bay, Windsor, Brandon and Kelowna. The Prince George office closed last year.

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