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MPs voice support for recognizing Afghanistan, Gulf veterans for wartime service
The bill would set criteria for designating wartime service and require public explanations, while leaving pensions and benefits unchanged.
- Independent Sen. Hassan Yussuff's Bill S-246, the Wartime Service Recognition Act, entered House of Commons debate on Wednesday, establishing a framework for wartime recognition not formally designated since the Korean War.
- More than 40,000 Canadian Armed Forces members served during the Afghanistan war, prompting the bill to require the government to set clear criteria for designating service and publicly explain its decisions.
- Michael McGlennon, vice-president of Persian Gulf Veterans, said the bill would "finally relieve the burden from veterans," after members spent years lobbying Parliament to get this on the political agenda.
- Mark Gasparatto, a retired commander in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, said calling the mission anything less than wartime service is to "minimize the sacrifice of those who died," citing his involvement in Operation Medusa, NATO's largest-ever land battle.
- Defence Minister David McGuinty and Veterans Affairs Minister Jill McKnight pledged this week to consult with veterans and military experts regarding the classification of past operations, extending the framework to future conflicts.
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MPs voice support for recognizing Afghanistan, Gulf veterans for wartime service
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament say they have all-party support to speed through a bill to grant wartime service recognition to veterans of modern conflicts like Afghanistan.
·Toronto, Canada
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