Who's in charge of $1-billion West Block renos, ask MPs

MPs want to know who's in charge of the up to $1-billion dollar renovations to the West Block building on the Hill, and are asking questions about the entire $5-billion, 25-year Parliament building project.

The RCMP is investigating a $9-million West Block contract awarded to stonemasonry firm LM Sauvé that hired a Tory supporter to help in its dealings with the federal government.

In light of the news, the Government Operations Committee has initiated a study into the way construction contracts are tendered at Public Works.

"I expect that when we have senior officials before the committee to talk

Who's in charge of $1-billion West Block renos, ask MPs

MPs want to know who's in charge of the up to $1-billion dollar renovations to the West Block building on the Hill, and are asking questions about the entire $5-billion, 25-year Parliament building project.

The RCMP is investigating a $9-million West Block contract awarded to stonemasonry firm LM Sauvé that hired a Tory supporter to help in its dealings with the federal government.

In light of the news, the Government Operations Committee has initiated a study into the way construction contracts are tendered at Public Works.

"I expect that when we have senior officials before the committee to talk

Who's in charge of $1-billion West Block renos, ask MPs

MPs want to know who's in charge of the up to $1-billion dollar renovations to the West Block building on the Hill, and are asking questions about the entire $5-billion, 25-year Parliament building project.

The RCMP is investigating a $9-million West Block contract awarded to stonemasonry firm LM Sauvé that hired a Tory supporter to help in its dealings with the federal government.

In light of the news, the Government Operations Committee has initiated a study into the way construction contracts are tendered at Public Works.

"I expect that when we have senior officials before the committee to talk

Who's in charge of $1-billion West Block renos, ask MPs

MPs want to know who's in charge of the up to $1-billion dollar renovations to the West Block building on the Hill, and are asking questions about the entire $5-billion, 25-year Parliament building project.

The RCMP is investigating a $9-million West Block contract awarded to stonemasonry firm LM Sauvé that hired a Tory supporter to help in its dealings with the federal government.

In light of the news, the Government Operations Committee has initiated a study into the way construction contracts are tendered at Public Works.

"I expect that when we have senior officials before the committee to talk

Who's in charge of $1-billion West Block renos, ask MPs

MPs want to know who's in charge of the up to $1-billion dollar renovations to the West Block building on the Hill, and are asking questions about the entire $5-billion, 25-year Parliament building project.

The RCMP is investigating a $9-million West Block contract awarded to stonemasonry firm LM Sauvé that hired a Tory supporter to help in its dealings with the federal government.

In light of the news, the Government Operations Committee has initiated a study into the way construction contracts are tendered at Public Works.

"I expect that when we have senior officials before the committee to talk

Who's in charge of $1-billion West Block renos, ask MPs

MPs want to know who's in charge of the up to $1-billion dollar renovations to the West Block building on the Hill, and are asking questions about the entire $5-billion, 25-year Parliament building project.

The RCMP is investigating a $9-million West Block contract awarded to stonemasonry firm LM Sauvé that hired a Tory supporter to help in its dealings with the federal government.

In light of the news, the Government Operations Committee has initiated a study into the way construction contracts are tendered at Public Works.

"I expect that when we have senior officials before the committee to talk

F-35 fighter jets agreement contains a withdrawal clause, feds can end deal

The 2006 agreement for developing the controversial F-35 stealth fighter jets contains a withdrawal clause that would allow a new government to end Canada's participation with no penalties and appears to contradict the government's claim that Canadian firms involved up to now would suffer.

The clause, combined with other clauses and timetables in the memorandum of understanding gives Canada the opportunity to withdraw at any time before it signs its first procurement contract in 2014. It would face no penalties other than costs it might incur through the termination of contracts specifically reached for its own order of the

F-35 fighter jets agreement contains a withdrawal clause, feds can end deal

The 2006 agreement for developing the controversial F-35 stealth fighter jets contains a withdrawal clause that would allow a new government to end Canada's participation with no penalties and appears to contradict the government's claim that Canadian firms involved up to now would suffer.

The clause, combined with other clauses and timetables in the memorandum of understanding gives Canada the opportunity to withdraw at any time before it signs its first procurement contract in 2014. It would face no penalties other than costs it might incur through the termination of contracts specifically reached for its own order of the

F-35 fighter jets agreement contains a withdrawal clause, feds can end deal

The 2006 agreement for developing the controversial F-35 stealth fighter jets contains a withdrawal clause that would allow a new government to end Canada's participation with no penalties and appears to contradict the government's claim that Canadian firms involved up to now would suffer.

The clause, combined with other clauses and timetables in the memorandum of understanding gives Canada the opportunity to withdraw at any time before it signs its first procurement contract in 2014. It would face no penalties other than costs it might incur through the termination of contracts specifically reached for its own order of the

F-35 fighter jets agreement contains a withdrawal clause, feds can end deal

The 2006 agreement for developing the controversial F-35 stealth fighter jets contains a withdrawal clause that would allow a new government to end Canada's participation with no penalties and appears to contradict the government's claim that Canadian firms involved up to now would suffer.

The clause, combined with other clauses and timetables in the memorandum of understanding gives Canada the opportunity to withdraw at any time before it signs its first procurement contract in 2014. It would face no penalties other than costs it might incur through the termination of contracts specifically reached for its own order of the

F-35 fighter jets agreement contains a withdrawal clause, feds can end deal

The 2006 agreement for developing the controversial F-35 stealth fighter jets contains a withdrawal clause that would allow a new government to end Canada's participation with no penalties and appears to contradict the government's claim that Canadian firms involved up to now would suffer.

The clause, combined with other clauses and timetables in the memorandum of understanding gives Canada the opportunity to withdraw at any time before it signs its first procurement contract in 2014. It would face no penalties other than costs it might incur through the termination of contracts specifically reached for its own order of the

F-35 fighter jets agreement contains a withdrawal clause, feds can end deal

The 2006 agreement for developing the controversial F-35 stealth fighter jets contains a withdrawal clause that would allow a new government to end Canada's participation with no penalties and appears to contradict the government's claim that Canadian firms involved up to now would suffer.

The clause, combined with other clauses and timetables in the memorandum of understanding gives Canada the opportunity to withdraw at any time before it signs its first procurement contract in 2014. It would face no penalties other than costs it might incur through the termination of contracts specifically reached for its own order of the

F-35 fighter jets agreement contains a withdrawal clause, feds can end deal

The 2006 agreement for developing the controversial F-35 stealth fighter jets contains a withdrawal clause that would allow a new government to end Canada's participation with no penalties and appears to contradict the government's claim that Canadian firms involved up to now would suffer.

The clause, combined with other clauses and timetables in the memorandum of understanding gives Canada the opportunity to withdraw at any time before it signs its first procurement contract in 2014. It would face no penalties other than costs it might incur through the termination of contracts specifically reached for its own order of the

Stoddart concerned other departments circulating personal files

Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart says she is concerned other federal departments may be gathering and circulating personal information about critics of the government in the same way the Veterans Affairs Department improperly gave a Cabinet minister medical files about Gulf War veteran Sean Bruyea when he tried to expose weaknesses in a new financial-support net for veterans in 2006.

"It's a general concern, yes, of mine," Ms. Stoddart told The Hill Times after she released her finding last week that senior bureaucrats in the Veterans Affairs Department violated provisions of the Privacy Act by disclosing aspects of Mr. Bruyea's medical

Stoddart concerned other departments circulating personal files

Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart says she is concerned other federal departments may be gathering and circulating personal information about critics of the government in the same way the Veterans Affairs Department improperly gave a Cabinet minister medical files about Gulf War veteran Sean Bruyea when he tried to expose weaknesses in a new financial-support net for veterans in 2006.

"It's a general concern, yes, of mine," Ms. Stoddart told The Hill Times after she released her finding last week that senior bureaucrats in the Veterans Affairs Department violated provisions of the Privacy Act by disclosing aspects of Mr. Bruyea's medical

Stoddart concerned other departments circulating personal files

Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart says she is concerned other federal departments may be gathering and circulating personal information about critics of the government in the same way the Veterans Affairs Department improperly gave a Cabinet minister medical files about Gulf War veteran Sean Bruyea when he tried to expose weaknesses in a new financial-support net for veterans in 2006.

"It's a general concern, yes, of mine," Ms. Stoddart told The Hill Times after she released her finding last week that senior bureaucrats in the Veterans Affairs Department violated provisions of the Privacy Act by disclosing aspects of Mr. Bruyea's medical

Stoddart concerned other departments circulating personal files

Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart says she is concerned other federal departments may be gathering and circulating personal information about critics of the government in the same way the Veterans Affairs Department improperly gave a Cabinet minister medical files about Gulf War veteran Sean Bruyea when he tried to expose weaknesses in a new financial-support net for veterans in 2006.

"It's a general concern, yes, of mine," Ms. Stoddart told The Hill Times after she released her finding last week that senior bureaucrats in the Veterans Affairs Department violated provisions of the Privacy Act by disclosing aspects of Mr. Bruyea's medical

Stoddart concerned other departments circulating personal files

Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart says she is concerned other federal departments may be gathering and circulating personal information about critics of the government in the same way the Veterans Affairs Department improperly gave a Cabinet minister medical files about Gulf War veteran Sean Bruyea when he tried to expose weaknesses in a new financial-support net for veterans in 2006.

"It's a general concern, yes, of mine," Ms. Stoddart told The Hill Times after she released her finding last week that senior bureaucrats in the Veterans Affairs Department violated provisions of the Privacy Act by disclosing aspects of Mr. Bruyea's medical

Stoddart concerned other departments circulating personal files

Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart says she is concerned other federal departments may be gathering and circulating personal information about critics of the government in the same way the Veterans Affairs Department improperly gave a Cabinet minister medical files about Gulf War veteran Sean Bruyea when he tried to expose weaknesses in a new financial-support net for veterans in 2006.

"It's a general concern, yes, of mine," Ms. Stoddart told The Hill Times after she released her finding last week that senior bureaucrats in the Veterans Affairs Department violated provisions of the Privacy Act by disclosing aspects of Mr. Bruyea's medical

Stoddart concerned other departments circulating personal files

Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart says she is concerned other federal departments may be gathering and circulating personal information about critics of the government in the same way the Veterans Affairs Department improperly gave a Cabinet minister medical files about Gulf War veteran Sean Bruyea when he tried to expose weaknesses in a new financial-support net for veterans in 2006.

"It's a general concern, yes, of mine," Ms. Stoddart told The Hill Times after she released her finding last week that senior bureaucrats in the Veterans Affairs Department violated provisions of the Privacy Act by disclosing aspects of Mr. Bruyea's medical

Afghanistan: 'this is our Vietnam,' says Stogran

Canada's Veterans Ombudsman Pat Stogran says psychologically and physically disabled Canadian veterans of the Afghanistan war face the same neglected fate that thousands of U.S veterans of the Vietnam War experienced unless Canada radically changes its attitude to care for former soldiers.

"This is our Vietnam," Mr. Stogran, a former infantry officer who is on veterans disability himself, told The Hill Times. "Twenty years from now, if they don't fix this they are going to have a whole bunch of destitute senior citizens."

And, with the controversy over veterans care likely to heat up in the House of Commons as its

Afghanistan: 'this is our Vietnam,' says Stogran

Canada's Veterans Ombudsman Pat Stogran says psychologically and physically disabled Canadian veterans of the Afghanistan war face the same neglected fate that thousands of U.S veterans of the Vietnam War experienced unless Canada radically changes its attitude to care for former soldiers.

"This is our Vietnam," Mr. Stogran, a former infantry officer who is on veterans disability himself, told The Hill Times. "Twenty years from now, if they don't fix this they are going to have a whole bunch of destitute senior citizens."

And, with the controversy over veterans care likely to heat up in the House of Commons as its

Afghanistan: 'this is our Vietnam,' says Stogran

Canada's Veterans Ombudsman Pat Stogran says psychologically and physically disabled Canadian veterans of the Afghanistan war face the same neglected fate that thousands of U.S veterans of the Vietnam War experienced unless Canada radically changes its attitude to care for former soldiers.

"This is our Vietnam," Mr. Stogran, a former infantry officer who is on veterans disability himself, told The Hill Times. "Twenty years from now, if they don't fix this they are going to have a whole bunch of destitute senior citizens."

And, with the controversy over veterans care likely to heat up in the House of Commons as its

Afghanistan: 'this is our Vietnam,' says Stogran

Canada's Veterans Ombudsman Pat Stogran says psychologically and physically disabled Canadian veterans of the Afghanistan war face the same neglected fate that thousands of U.S veterans of the Vietnam War experienced unless Canada radically changes its attitude to care for former soldiers.

"This is our Vietnam," Mr. Stogran, a former infantry officer who is on veterans disability himself, told The Hill Times. "Twenty years from now, if they don't fix this they are going to have a whole bunch of destitute senior citizens."

And, with the controversy over veterans care likely to heat up in the House of Commons as its

Afghanistan: 'this is our Vietnam,' says Stogran

Canada's Veterans Ombudsman Pat Stogran says psychologically and physically disabled Canadian veterans of the Afghanistan war face the same neglected fate that thousands of U.S veterans of the Vietnam War experienced unless Canada radically changes its attitude to care for former soldiers.

"This is our Vietnam," Mr. Stogran, a former infantry officer who is on veterans disability himself, told The Hill Times. "Twenty years from now, if they don't fix this they are going to have a whole bunch of destitute senior citizens."

And, with the controversy over veterans care likely to heat up in the House of Commons as its

Afghanistan: 'this is our Vietnam,' says Stogran

Canada's Veterans Ombudsman Pat Stogran says psychologically and physically disabled Canadian veterans of the Afghanistan war face the same neglected fate that thousands of U.S veterans of the Vietnam War experienced unless Canada radically changes its attitude to care for former soldiers.

"This is our Vietnam," Mr. Stogran, a former infantry officer who is on veterans disability himself, told The Hill Times. "Twenty years from now, if they don't fix this they are going to have a whole bunch of destitute senior citizens."

And, with the controversy over veterans care likely to heat up in the House of Commons as its

Afghanistan: 'this is our Vietnam,' says Stogran

Canada's Veterans Ombudsman Pat Stogran says psychologically and physically disabled Canadian veterans of the Afghanistan war face the same neglected fate that thousands of U.S veterans of the Vietnam War experienced unless Canada radically changes its attitude to care for former soldiers.

"This is our Vietnam," Mr. Stogran, a former infantry officer who is on veterans disability himself, told The Hill Times. "Twenty years from now, if they don't fix this they are going to have a whole bunch of destitute senior citizens."

And, with the controversy over veterans care likely to heat up in the House of Commons as its

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