By canadaam.ctvnews.ca
Candidates from each of the three main political parties joined CTV’s Canada AM to share what their party would do to address key concerns from Canada’s veterans.
On Tuesday, three veterans stakeholders shared their main concerns ahead of the federal election. Two issues that came out of the discussion were concerns that the New Veterans Charter has created a two-tier benefits system, and the bureaucracy vets face when trying to access the benefits available to them.
On Wednesday, Liberal candidate Lt.-Gen. Andrew Leslie, Conservative candidate and Minister of Veterans Affairs Erin O’Toole and NDP candidate Jack Harris discussed how their parties will address veteransâ concerns. Here’s
what they said.
Leslie said that it is essential to fix problems in the new charter, and part of the Liberal 
pledge to do so includes re-instituting the lifelong pension for veterans.
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