Veterans III
This is the third in my series on Veterans and government programs.
One of the features of the Veterans programming that has been criticized is the disability payment. This is an up to $300,000 payment that a service veteran may receive to help them deal with a disability received while in service to Canada.
Critics have said one time payments are not appropriate for disabled vets, but the government has taken a different approach, choosing to let vets take this payment as a lump sum, as a monthly payment or as a combination of the two.
It also needs to be remembered that a disabled soldier will also receive other benefits like income support (which starts at $42,000/year) on top of this payment.
The federal government has designed Veterans programs to be flexible and to give choice to retiring service members; they need the freedom to control their own future.
I’m Brad Trost Member of Parliament for Saskatoon-Humboldt and I’m working for you: for more information check out my website at bradtrost.ca.