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Ottawa 'stalling' Compensation To Agent Orange Victims

Posted on Monday, August 28 at 16:02 by jensonj
"They're waiting for veterans to die. Why is that? Because it's cheaper. That sounds so cruel and heartless but that's how they're looking at it." About 1,000 people have joined the lawsuit, claiming the spraying of herbicides between the mid-1950s and 1984 at CFB Gagetown has left them with a variety of ailments. http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2006/08/26/1778111-cp.html

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  1. by RPW
    Tue Aug 29, 2006 4:38 pm
    Just like it took 50 years + for the Canadian government to recognize the essential contribution the Merchant Navy made in WWII.

    Citizens take note: The government that deems your work and sacrifice invaluable, will step on your face when it is done..............

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