When our soldiers enlisted they did so in good faith believing that their government would support them should they have to go into battle. And Canada did, at least the government said all the right things in the House of Commons, berating other parties for questioning how prisoners were handled, to insisting the F-35 was the best deal available. We all know where that is heading.
Then our brave combatants started to come home injured and suffering from stress, the Conservatives looked at the long term cost of loyalty and decided it was too expensive. So here we are fellow Canadians ..... facing yet another class action lawsuit because Stephen Harper would rather lower corporate taxes, bail out banks and squander billions on a failed "Action Plan"
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/alberta-veteran-part-class-action-lawsuit-over-benefits-214803766.html
The statement of claim, filed Tuesday in B.C. Supreme Court, alleges the government violated the constitutional rights of the soldiers by discriminating against disabled people financially; that by passing the New Veterans Charter it failed in its fiduciary duty to support veterans, and that it broke the constitutional principle of "Honour of the Crown," by failing to keep the social promises Canada made to soldiers it sends into combat.
Shameful shameful politicking and not the actions of an honorable man.
In 2008, while on his second tour of duty in Afghanistan, Campbell was severely wounded in an explosion during an ambush by Taliban fighters.
Both his legs were blown off. Years later, he uses a wheelchair and carries a large box of medications to help manage his pain and psychological problems.
Campbell feels abandoned by a government that sent him to war and is now more concerned with budget cuts.
You do not change the rules of the game to suit your political agenda after the boys are injured doing your bidding.
How can you trust someone who would steal money from an injured veteran?
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