More than 270,000 ex-soldiers were short-changed by Veterans Affairs Canada for over eight years because of an accounting error worth at least $165 million, CBC News has learned. A written statement from Veterans Affairs Minister Seamus O'Regan confirmed a retroactive compensation program is in the works — but the affected veterans will have to wait up to two years to get their money. Canadian Veterans Ombudsman Guy Parent says many of the veterans short-changed by Ottawa are - or were - living on low incomes. That led to lower monthly payments for 272,000 veterans — a significant number of them Second World War and Korean war veterans. "Those war veterans that are in low income and that receive the war allowance ...

Source: CBC News November 05, 2018 15:04 UTC