Canadian governments have been at war with disabled veterans for over one hundred years, and the war is not over yet. Prior to his approach to the Supreme Court, Campbell’s claim that a social contract existed between wounded veterans like himself and Canada had been rejected by a B.C. Their reasoning was that although such a duty did exist constitutionally between Canadian governments and Aboriginal peoples, the duty did not apply to wounded veterans. The current federal government made a big issue of veteran’s compensation in the last federal election, but basically hewed to the same course as the Conservatives when in power. David J. Bercuson is a fellow of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and director of the Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies at the University of Calgary.

Source: National Post September 27, 2018 17:26 UTC