Veterans Affairs

Veterans Affairs: Between the drastic changes in EI and the treatment of our veterans etc., the list of urgent issues continues to grow, according to The Chronicle Herald. Late in 2011, the government confirmed it planned to cut more than $200 million from the Veterans Affairs budget. In Cape Breton, 14 positions will be cut as the Sydney office shuts down. Charlottetown, where the department is headquartered, could be hit especially hard and Veterans left in a lurch The government boasts about the increased employment in Canada at the same time as it has eliminated 278 full-time positions by the beginning of May. There are still 506 more to cut, according to the union representing Veterans Affairs staff. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.