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Canada's budget retroactively excludes territories from veteran long-term care payments since 1998, sparking backlash and a class-action lawsuit.
Canada’s veterans’ watchdog, Elizabeth Jardine, has condemned a new budget bill for retroactively excluding the territories from long-term care payment calculations dating back to 1998, calling the move unfair and unprecedented.
The change, which veterans and advocates say perpetuates decades of overcharging, could block thousands from seeking reimbursement.
A class-action lawsuit has been launched, and Jardine urged the government to correct the error, warning that ignoring past mistakes undermines trust.
Veterans Affairs Minister Jill McKnight said the changes clarify past calculations without affecting future benefits, but Jardine has not received a response to her December request to amend the bill.
Conservative MP Pat Kelly accused the government of using the budget to avoid accountability.
El presupuesto de Canadá excluye retroactivamente a los territorios de los pagos de cuidados a largo plazo para veteranos desde 1998, lo que provocó una reacción violenta y una demanda colectiva.