Saturday, November 04, 2006
NDP Veterans First Motion - Wednesday November 1, 2006
On Thursday November 2nd the NDP's opposition day motion was debated in the House of Commons.
An opposition day motion is an opportunity for opposition parties in Parliament to bring forward and vote on issues important to Canadians that are not on the government's agenda.
New Democrats are using their opposition day motion to bring forward long overdue assistance to members and veterans of the Canadian Forces and their families. After debate in Parliament on Thursday the NDP's "Veterans First Motion" will be voted on, Tuesday November 7th.
That, in the opinion of the House, the government should immediately take the following steps to assist members and veterans of the Canadian Forces and their families:
- amend Section 31 (1) of the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act so that second spouses of CF members and veterans have access to pension rights upon the death of the Canadian Forces member or veteran;
- extend the VIP (Veterans Independence Program) to all widows of all veterans, regardless of the time of death of the veteran and regardless of whether the veteran was in receipt of VIP services prior to his/her death;
- increase the Survivor’s Pension Amount upon death of Canadian Forces retiree to 66% from the current amount of 50%;
- eliminate the unfair reduction of SISIP (Service Income Security Insurance Plan) long term disability benefits from medically released members of the Canadian Forces; and
- eliminate the deduction from annuity for retired and disabled CF members.
# posted by Francis Chartrand @ 3:09 AM 
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