Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2011-03-02 16:55:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Judy Sgro",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2363892\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I have to say in the two years that I have been on this committee, we have heard from so many different people about their frustrations, whether it is with the Veterans Appeal Board or whatever, when it comes to getting a chance to have a hearing, how many cases are overturned and how they have difficulty accessing it. We have had the officials from the department before our committee countless times. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2363893\" data-originallang=\"en\">Our committee works in a very non-partisan way, which I think is a tribute to the people and to the veterans society. Clearly, the people who work for Veterans Canada have a tremendous interest in actually being able to solve the problems. However, we continue to hear those problems and we continue to have the bureaucracy come before us to answer to us, to listen to the concerns that are raised.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2363894\" data-originallang=\"en\">Clearly, in British Columbia, there are probably a lot more issues because of the fact of distance and time, as my hon. colleague mentioned. There is still a lot of work to do.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2363895\" data-originallang=\"en\"> We have a new group of what we call veterans who are very young, who are looking for service and for help. It is up to us to make improvements so that they get the recognition and support that they clearly deserve.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2363892\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je dois dire que depuis les deux ans que je si\u00e8ge au comit\u00e9, beaucoup de gens sont venus nous exprimer leurs frustrations, notamment \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard du Tribunal des anciens combattants, du processus d'audience, du nombre de cas o\u00f9 la d\u00e9cision est renvers\u00e9e et de la difficult\u00e9 d'acc\u00e8s. Nous avons invit\u00e9 \u00e0 maintes reprises des repr\u00e9sentants du minist\u00e8re \u00e0 compara\u00eetre devant notre comit\u00e9. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2363893\" data-originallang=\"en\">Notre comit\u00e9 travaille de fa\u00e7on tout \u00e0 fait non partisane et, \u00e0 mon avis, c'est tout \u00e0 l'honneur de la population et de la collectivit\u00e9 des anciens combattants. Il ne fait aucun doute que les gens qui travaillent pour Anciens Combattants Canada souhaitent ardemment pouvoir r\u00e9soudre les probl\u00e8mes. Toutefois, nous continuons d'entendre parler de ces probl\u00e8mes et nous continuons d'inviter des fonctionnaires au comit\u00e9 pour r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 nos questions et entendre les pr\u00e9occupations qui sont soulev\u00e9es. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2363894\" data-originallang=\"en\">De toute \u00e9vidence, en Colombie-Britannique, les probl\u00e8mes sont probablement beaucoup plus nombreux \u00e0 cause de la distance et des d\u00e9lais, comme mon coll\u00e8gue l'a mentionn\u00e9. Il reste encore beaucoup \u00e0 faire. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2363895\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous avons un nouveau groupe d'anciens combattants qui sont tr\u00e8s jeunes et qui cherchent \u00e0 obtenir des services et de l'aide. Il nous incombe d'apporter les am\u00e9liorations n\u00e9cessaires pour que ces derniers re\u00e7oivent la reconnaissance et le soutien qu'ils m\u00e9ritent nettement. </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2011/3/2/judy-sgro-6/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/judy-sgro/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3671/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "3774405",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Enhanced New Veterans Charter Act",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2011/3/2/",
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