Veterans Affairs
Question period focused on delays in veterans’ disability benefit applications. Michael Barrett of the Conservatives said nearly 10,000 applications have passed the government’s own service standard, that a departmental plan calls for cutting 20% of staff who review them, and asked when the backlog would be cleared and by what date veterans would get answers. Minister Jill McKnight of the Liberals said average processing times for first applications have fallen 57% since 2021 despite a 90% rise in applications over the past decade, and pointed to new budget spending to speed up benefits, saying more details would come soon. Barrett pressed again for a specific date for clearing the backlog.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .
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