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Ottawa has ‘failed’ veterans as calls grow for minister to resign: advocates

The issue of veterans’ mental health was brought to the forefront on Aug. 16, when

Global News is not identifying the veteran due to privacy concerns, but has spoken directly with the individual, who says the service agent mentioned MAiD repeatedly, even after the veteran asked the service agent to stop.Canadian veteran felt ‘pressured’ to consider medically-assisted death O’Toole said he found MacAulay’s testimony at the hearing “horrendous” and that the department needs to ensure such discussions never happen again.

Lowther with VETS Canada said better training for VAC employees overall would be a first step toward improving the department and its relationship with veterans.

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