Vets Ombud Stogran has OSI, fears department has shared his medical files

Veterans Affairs Ombudsman and former Army colonel Pat Stogran has revealed he is under treatment for operational stress injury stemming from his Army service, including combat in Afghanistan, and says he fears the Veterans Affairs Department may have improperly shared his medical files and other information during his recent high-profile fight to improve veterans' benefits.

Mr. Stogran, whose term is not being renewed when it expires on the eve of Remembrance Day in November, following his recent criticism about controversial aspects of financial support for Canadian veterans, disclosed his medical condition to The Hill Times as well as his concerns over

Vets Ombud Stogran has OSI, fears department has shared his medical files

Veterans Affairs Ombudsman and former Army colonel Pat Stogran has revealed he is under treatment for operational stress injury stemming from his Army service, including combat in Afghanistan, and says he fears the Veterans Affairs Department may have improperly shared his medical files and other information during his recent high-profile fight to improve veterans' benefits.

Mr. Stogran, whose term is not being renewed when it expires on the eve of Remembrance Day in November, following his recent criticism about controversial aspects of financial support for Canadian veterans, disclosed his medical condition to The Hill Times as well as his concerns over

Vets Ombud Stogran has OSI, fears department has shared his medical files

Veterans Affairs Ombudsman and former Army colonel Pat Stogran has revealed he is under treatment for operational stress injury stemming from his Army service, including combat in Afghanistan, and says he fears the Veterans Affairs Department may have improperly shared his medical files and other information during his recent high-profile fight to improve veterans' benefits.

Mr. Stogran, whose term is not being renewed when it expires on the eve of Remembrance Day in November, following his recent criticism about controversial aspects of financial support for Canadian veterans, disclosed his medical condition to The Hill Times as well as his concerns over

Vets Ombud Stogran has OSI, fears department has shared his medical files

Veterans Affairs Ombudsman and former Army colonel Pat Stogran has revealed he is under treatment for operational stress injury stemming from his Army service, including combat in Afghanistan, and says he fears the Veterans Affairs Department may have improperly shared his medical files and other information during his recent high-profile fight to improve veterans' benefits.

Mr. Stogran, whose term is not being renewed when it expires on the eve of Remembrance Day in November, following his recent criticism about controversial aspects of financial support for Canadian veterans, disclosed his medical condition to The Hill Times as well as his concerns over

Prime Minister Harper risks losing control of his caucus: Flanagan

Prime Minister Stephen Harper risks losing control of his caucus amid reaction to possible federal money for a new Québec City hockey arena and signs that his government appears to be "scrambling" from one crisis to another, says one of his former top advisers.

Tom Flanagan, the University of Calgary political scientist who may know Prime Minister Harper (Calgary Southwest, Alta.) better than anyone outside his family, said the coast-to-coast uproar over potential funding for a $400-million NHL arena in Québec City, an idea now killed by Mr. Harper, did not incite a full-blown rebellion among backbenchers in western

Prime Minister Harper risks losing control of his caucus: Flanagan

Prime Minister Stephen Harper risks losing control of his caucus amid reaction to possible federal money for a new Québec City hockey arena and signs that his government appears to be "scrambling" from one crisis to another, says one of his former top advisers.

Tom Flanagan, the University of Calgary political scientist who may know Prime Minister Harper (Calgary Southwest, Alta.) better than anyone outside his family, said the coast-to-coast uproar over potential funding for a $400-million NHL arena in Québec City, an idea now killed by Mr. Harper, did not incite a full-blown rebellion among backbenchers in western

Prime Minister Harper risks losing control of his caucus: Flanagan

Prime Minister Stephen Harper risks losing control of his caucus amid reaction to possible federal money for a new Québec City hockey arena and signs that his government appears to be "scrambling" from one crisis to another, says one of his former top advisers.

Tom Flanagan, the University of Calgary political scientist who may know Prime Minister Harper (Calgary Southwest, Alta.) better than anyone outside his family, said the coast-to-coast uproar over potential funding for a $400-million NHL arena in Québec City, an idea now killed by Mr. Harper, did not incite a full-blown rebellion among backbenchers in western

Prime Minister Harper risks losing control of his caucus: Flanagan

Prime Minister Stephen Harper risks losing control of his caucus amid reaction to possible federal money for a new Québec City hockey arena and signs that his government appears to be "scrambling" from one crisis to another, says one of his former top advisers.

Tom Flanagan, the University of Calgary political scientist who may know Prime Minister Harper (Calgary Southwest, Alta.) better than anyone outside his family, said the coast-to-coast uproar over potential funding for a $400-million NHL arena in Québec City, an idea now killed by Mr. Harper, did not incite a full-blown rebellion among backbenchers in western

Prime Minister Harper risks losing control of his caucus: Flanagan

Prime Minister Stephen Harper risks losing control of his caucus amid reaction to possible federal money for a new Québec City hockey arena and signs that his government appears to be "scrambling" from one crisis to another, says one of his former top advisers.

Tom Flanagan, the University of Calgary political scientist who may know Prime Minister Harper (Calgary Southwest, Alta.) better than anyone outside his family, said the coast-to-coast uproar over potential funding for a $400-million NHL arena in Québec City, an idea now killed by Mr. Harper, did not incite a full-blown rebellion among backbenchers in western

Prime Minister Harper risks losing control of his caucus: Flanagan

Prime Minister Stephen Harper risks losing control of his caucus amid reaction to possible federal money for a new Québec City hockey arena and signs that his government appears to be "scrambling" from one crisis to another, says one of his former top advisers.

Tom Flanagan, the University of Calgary political scientist who may know Prime Minister Harper (Calgary Southwest, Alta.) better than anyone outside his family, said the coast-to-coast uproar over potential funding for a $400-million NHL arena in Québec City, an idea now killed by Mr. Harper, did not incite a full-blown rebellion among backbenchers in western

Prime Minister Harper risks losing control of his caucus: Flanagan

Prime Minister Stephen Harper risks losing control of his caucus amid reaction to possible federal money for a new Québec City hockey arena and signs that his government appears to be "scrambling" from one crisis to another, says one of his former top advisers.

Tom Flanagan, the University of Calgary political scientist who may know Prime Minister Harper (Calgary Southwest, Alta.) better than anyone outside his family, said the coast-to-coast uproar over potential funding for a $400-million NHL arena in Québec City, an idea now killed by Mr. Harper, did not incite a full-blown rebellion among backbenchers in western

New Afghan docs show feds prepared in 2007 to duck questions

New Afghan detainee documents reveal the government was prepared in late 2007 to duck questions about suspending detainee transfers because of torture in Afghan prisons and avoid confirming the fact that the transfers had already been secretly halted.

The documents, released at a Military Police Complaints Commission inquiry last week, also demonstrate concern within the Canadian government about torture soon after it had reached a new agreement with the Afghanistan government that was supposed to give Canada greater access to prisons to ensure abuse and torture were not taking place.

The documents, tabled as the Military Police Complaints Commission

New Afghan docs show feds prepared in 2007 to duck questions

New Afghan detainee documents reveal the government was prepared in late 2007 to duck questions about suspending detainee transfers because of torture in Afghan prisons and avoid confirming the fact that the transfers had already been secretly halted.

The documents, released at a Military Police Complaints Commission inquiry last week, also demonstrate concern within the Canadian government about torture soon after it had reached a new agreement with the Afghanistan government that was supposed to give Canada greater access to prisons to ensure abuse and torture were not taking place.

The documents, tabled as the Military Police Complaints Commission

New Afghan docs show feds prepared in 2007 to duck questions

New Afghan detainee documents reveal the government was prepared in late 2007 to duck questions about suspending detainee transfers because of torture in Afghan prisons and avoid confirming the fact that the transfers had already been secretly halted.

The documents, released at a Military Police Complaints Commission inquiry last week, also demonstrate concern within the Canadian government about torture soon after it had reached a new agreement with the Afghanistan government that was supposed to give Canada greater access to prisons to ensure abuse and torture were not taking place.

The documents, tabled as the Military Police Complaints Commission

New Afghan docs show feds prepared in 2007 to duck questions

New Afghan detainee documents reveal the government was prepared in late 2007 to duck questions about suspending detainee transfers because of torture in Afghan prisons and avoid confirming the fact that the transfers had already been secretly halted.

The documents, released at a Military Police Complaints Commission inquiry last week, also demonstrate concern within the Canadian government about torture soon after it had reached a new agreement with the Afghanistan government that was supposed to give Canada greater access to prisons to ensure abuse and torture were not taking place.

The documents, tabled as the Military Police Complaints Commission

New Afghan docs show feds prepared in 2007 to duck questions

New Afghan detainee documents reveal the government was prepared in late 2007 to duck questions about suspending detainee transfers because of torture in Afghan prisons and avoid confirming the fact that the transfers had already been secretly halted.

The documents, released at a Military Police Complaints Commission inquiry last week, also demonstrate concern within the Canadian government about torture soon after it had reached a new agreement with the Afghanistan government that was supposed to give Canada greater access to prisons to ensure abuse and torture were not taking place.

The documents, tabled as the Military Police Complaints Commission

New Afghan docs show feds prepared in 2007 to duck questions

New Afghan detainee documents reveal the government was prepared in late 2007 to duck questions about suspending detainee transfers because of torture in Afghan prisons and avoid confirming the fact that the transfers had already been secretly halted.

The documents, released at a Military Police Complaints Commission inquiry last week, also demonstrate concern within the Canadian government about torture soon after it had reached a new agreement with the Afghanistan government that was supposed to give Canada greater access to prisons to ensure abuse and torture were not taking place.

The documents, tabled as the Military Police Complaints Commission

New Afghan docs show feds prepared in 2007 to duck questions

New Afghan detainee documents reveal the government was prepared in late 2007 to duck questions about suspending detainee transfers because of torture in Afghan prisons and avoid confirming the fact that the transfers had already been secretly halted.

The documents, released at a Military Police Complaints Commission inquiry last week, also demonstrate concern within the Canadian government about torture soon after it had reached a new agreement with the Afghanistan government that was supposed to give Canada greater access to prisons to ensure abuse and torture were not taking place.

The documents, tabled as the Military Police Complaints Commission

Libs don't want to 'provoke' fall election, despite boost in polls

Liberals don't want to "provoke" an early fall federal election because they don't think they can win it, despite the party's boost in recent public opinion polls, but they are working on strengthening party support and even recognize "in the realm of possibilities" that Prime Minister Stephen Harper could win a majority next time.

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff (Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Ont.), whose two month cross-country summer tour has "reactivated" the party, also triggered talk last week of Liberals possibly winning a minority government in a fall election scenario, but one veteran Grit said the party is still not yet ready

Libs don't want to 'provoke' fall election, despite boost in polls

Liberals don't want to "provoke" an early fall federal election because they don't think they can win it, despite the party's boost in recent public opinion polls, but they are working on strengthening party support and even recognize "in the realm of possibilities" that Prime Minister Stephen Harper could win a majority next time.

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff (Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Ont.), whose two month cross-country summer tour has "reactivated" the party, also triggered talk last week of Liberals possibly winning a minority government in a fall election scenario, but one veteran Grit said the party is still not yet ready

Libs don't want to 'provoke' fall election, despite boost in polls

Liberals don't want to "provoke" an early fall federal election because they don't think they can win it, despite the party's boost in recent public opinion polls, but they are working on strengthening party support and even recognize "in the realm of possibilities" that Prime Minister Stephen Harper could win a majority next time.

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff (Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Ont.), whose two month cross-country summer tour has "reactivated" the party, also triggered talk last week of Liberals possibly winning a minority government in a fall election scenario, but one veteran Grit said the party is still not yet ready

Libs don't want to 'provoke' fall election, despite boost in polls

Liberals don't want to "provoke" an early fall federal election because they don't think they can win it, despite the party's boost in recent public opinion polls, but they are working on strengthening party support and even recognize "in the realm of possibilities" that Prime Minister Stephen Harper could win a majority next time.

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff (Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Ont.), whose two month cross-country summer tour has "reactivated" the party, also triggered talk last week of Liberals possibly winning a minority government in a fall election scenario, but one veteran Grit said the party is still not yet ready

Libs don't want to 'provoke' fall election, despite boost in polls

Liberals don't want to "provoke" an early fall federal election because they don't think they can win it, despite the party's boost in recent public opinion polls, but they are working on strengthening party support and even recognize "in the realm of possibilities" that Prime Minister Stephen Harper could win a majority next time.

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff (Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Ont.), whose two month cross-country summer tour has "reactivated" the party, also triggered talk last week of Liberals possibly winning a minority government in a fall election scenario, but one veteran Grit said the party is still not yet ready

Libs don't want to 'provoke' fall election, despite boost in polls

Liberals don't want to "provoke" an early fall federal election because they don't think they can win it, despite the party's boost in recent public opinion polls, but they are working on strengthening party support and even recognize "in the realm of possibilities" that Prime Minister Stephen Harper could win a majority next time.

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff (Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Ont.), whose two month cross-country summer tour has "reactivated" the party, also triggered talk last week of Liberals possibly winning a minority government in a fall election scenario, but one veteran Grit said the party is still not yet ready

Libs don't want to 'provoke' fall election, despite boost in polls

Liberals don't want to "provoke" an early fall federal election because they don't think they can win it, despite the party's boost in recent public opinion polls, but they are working on strengthening party support and even recognize "in the realm of possibilities" that Prime Minister Stephen Harper could win a majority next time.

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff (Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Ont.), whose two month cross-country summer tour has "reactivated" the party, also triggered talk last week of Liberals possibly winning a minority government in a fall election scenario, but one veteran Grit said the party is still not yet ready

Layton's leadership could be hurt by gun-registry vote

Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times

If MPs in each of the four federal parties follow through on their stated voting intentions on Bill C-391, an act to scrap the federal long gun registry, it will be the divided NDP caucus that will cause the registry's demise, an outcome that critics say would be bad for both urban NDP MPs and Leader Jack Layton.

The private member's bill is being put forward by Conservative MP Candice Hoeppner (Portage-Lisgar, Man.), and the vote is set to take place at report stage on Sept. 22. The bill passed second reading and was sent to the House Public Safety Committee on Nov. 4, 2009, with the support of the governing Tories, along with 12 NDP MPs and six Liberals, with only the Bloc united in their opposition to the initiative. The second reading vote was 164 to 137

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff (Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Ont.) previously said, however, that when the bill comes to final reading it will be a whipped vote for his caucus, and all 76 Grit MPs are expected to show up to oppose Ms. Hoeppner's bill. Instead, the Liberals are proposing changes to the decade-old registry, such as making a first-time failure to register a firearm

Layton's leadership could be hurt by gun-registry vote

Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times

If MPs in each of the four federal parties follow through on their stated voting intentions on Bill C-391, an act to scrap the federal long gun registry, it will be the divided NDP caucus that will cause the registry's demise, an outcome that critics say would be bad for both urban NDP MPs and Leader Jack Layton.

The private member's bill is being put forward by Conservative MP Candice Hoeppner (Portage-Lisgar, Man.), and the vote is set to take place at report stage on Sept. 22. The bill passed second reading and was sent to the House Public Safety Committee on Nov. 4, 2009, with the support of the governing Tories, along with 12 NDP MPs and six Liberals, with only the Bloc united in their opposition to the initiative. The second reading vote was 164 to 137

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff (Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Ont.) previously said, however, that when the bill comes to final reading it will be a whipped vote for his caucus, and all 76 Grit MPs are expected to show up to oppose Ms. Hoeppner's bill. Instead, the Liberals are proposing changes to the decade-old registry, such as making a first-time failure to register a firearm

Layton's leadership could be hurt by gun-registry vote

Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times

If MPs in each of the four federal parties follow through on their stated voting intentions on Bill C-391, an act to scrap the federal long gun registry, it will be the divided NDP caucus that will cause the registry's demise, an outcome that critics say would be bad for both urban NDP MPs and Leader Jack Layton.

The private member's bill is being put forward by Conservative MP Candice Hoeppner (Portage-Lisgar, Man.), and the vote is set to take place at report stage on Sept. 22. The bill passed second reading and was sent to the House Public Safety Committee on Nov. 4, 2009, with the support of the governing Tories, along with 12 NDP MPs and six Liberals, with only the Bloc united in their opposition to the initiative. The second reading vote was 164 to 137

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff (Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Ont.) previously said, however, that when the bill comes to final reading it will be a whipped vote for his caucus, and all 76 Grit MPs are expected to show up to oppose Ms. Hoeppner's bill. Instead, the Liberals are proposing changes to the decade-old registry, such as making a first-time failure to register a firearm

Layton's leadership could be hurt by gun-registry vote

Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times

If MPs in each of the four federal parties follow through on their stated voting intentions on Bill C-391, an act to scrap the federal long gun registry, it will be the divided NDP caucus that will cause the registry's demise, an outcome that critics say would be bad for both urban NDP MPs and Leader Jack Layton.

The private member's bill is being put forward by Conservative MP Candice Hoeppner (Portage-Lisgar, Man.), and the vote is set to take place at report stage on Sept. 22. The bill passed second reading and was sent to the House Public Safety Committee on Nov. 4, 2009, with the support of the governing Tories, along with 12 NDP MPs and six Liberals, with only the Bloc united in their opposition to the initiative. The second reading vote was 164 to 137

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff (Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Ont.) previously said, however, that when the bill comes to final reading it will be a whipped vote for his caucus, and all 76 Grit MPs are expected to show up to oppose Ms. Hoeppner's bill. Instead, the Liberals are proposing changes to the decade-old registry, such as making a first-time failure to register a firearm

Layton's leadership could be hurt by gun-registry vote

Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times

If MPs in each of the four federal parties follow through on their stated voting intentions on Bill C-391, an act to scrap the federal long gun registry, it will be the divided NDP caucus that will cause the registry's demise, an outcome that critics say would be bad for both urban NDP MPs and Leader Jack Layton.

The private member's bill is being put forward by Conservative MP Candice Hoeppner (Portage-Lisgar, Man.), and the vote is set to take place at report stage on Sept. 22. The bill passed second reading and was sent to the House Public Safety Committee on Nov. 4, 2009, with the support of the governing Tories, along with 12 NDP MPs and six Liberals, with only the Bloc united in their opposition to the initiative. The second reading vote was 164 to 137

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff (Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Ont.) previously said, however, that when the bill comes to final reading it will be a whipped vote for his caucus, and all 76 Grit MPs are expected to show up to oppose Ms. Hoeppner's bill. Instead, the Liberals are proposing changes to the decade-old registry, such as making a first-time failure to register a firearm

Layton's leadership could be hurt by gun-registry vote

Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times

If MPs in each of the four federal parties follow through on their stated voting intentions on Bill C-391, an act to scrap the federal long gun registry, it will be the divided NDP caucus that will cause the registry's demise, an outcome that critics say would be bad for both urban NDP MPs and Leader Jack Layton.

The private member's bill is being put forward by Conservative MP Candice Hoeppner (Portage-Lisgar, Man.), and the vote is set to take place at report stage on Sept. 22. The bill passed second reading and was sent to the House Public Safety Committee on Nov. 4, 2009, with the support of the governing Tories, along with 12 NDP MPs and six Liberals, with only the Bloc united in their opposition to the initiative. The second reading vote was 164 to 137

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff (Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Ont.) previously said, however, that when the bill comes to final reading it will be a whipped vote for his caucus, and all 76 Grit MPs are expected to show up to oppose Ms. Hoeppner's bill. Instead, the Liberals are proposing changes to the decade-old registry, such as making a first-time failure to register a firearm