From: grmerrick@shaw.ca   
      
   Disability awards branch of Veterans Affairs suffered big job cuts   
      
   Stand up for veterans not war and stop Harper.   
      
   "Some of the biggest job cuts at Veterans Affairs in recent years have   
   been in the disability awards branch – the division targeted in a   
   recent auditor general’s report for taking too long to decide on the   
   benefit claims of ex-soldiers.   
      
   Departmental performance reports stretching back to 2009 show that   
   roughly 897 positions have been eliminated across Veterans Affairs,   
   with 33 per cent coming out of the section that administers pensions   
   and awards."   
      
   http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/disability-awards-b   
   anch-of-veterans-affairs-suffered-big-job-cuts/article21986321/   
      
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