Shortchanging veterans raises more questions

Re Feds promise $165 million in compensation after shortchanging 270,000 veterans, Nov. 5 How disgusting that on this eve of Remembrance Day, Veterans Affairs Minister O’Regan admits his department shortchanged veterans.

Furthermore, those that were cheated will not see restitution before 2020.

Even more revolting is that almost half of these vets have passed away, and there is no rush to compensate those still living.

The minister dismissed the situation by saying the maximum paid would be a couple of thousand dollars.

It is indeed the reality these days at VA.

Those that served with distinction and now face health shortfalls attributed to their service are forced to wait for years in order to get consid- eration from a callous government. Roger Cyr, Victoria, B.C. The investigative reporting of Lee Berthiaume leaves too much to the imagination in her column about the Feds shortchanging Canadian veterans.

Of all Canadians entitled to have information about errors resulting in their not receiving their due, surely those who put their lives on the line for the rest of us deserve to know.

Who was in charge when mistakes were made?

How were the errors discovered — and when?

How long will it take to rectify the miscalculations? With Remembrance Day around the corner, there couldn't be a better time to honour our Veterans with the care and attention they have earned. Morley S. Wolfe, Brampton