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Persian Gulf War vets still fighting for better recognition after 35 years
Veterans seek wartime status for better benefits, recognition of Gulf War Illness, and memorial inscription after 35 years, with 4,500 Canadians deployed in the 1990–1991 conflict.
- On Feb. 27, 2026, Veterans Affairs adopted the December recommendation to list Gulf War Illness as compensable, with veterans urging reclassification to wartime status and inclusion in the National War Memorial.
- The 2024 House of Commons committee on Persian Gulf War veterans recommended listing and harmonizing legislation, noting about 4,500 Canadians were deployed in 1990–91.
- Harold Davis pointed to scant protective gear and heavy smoke aboard ships, recalling, 'All we had at the time were surgical masks, that is what we wore at the time on the flight deck,' while the HMCS Athabaskan navigated minefields to rescue the USS Princeton.
- Lawmakers and advocates debated offering veterans a choice between benefit sets as report authors warned reclassification could cost the federal government billions and veterans face mental-health harms and suicides.
- Saturday marks the 35th anniversary of the conflict's end, with commemorations in Ottawa and Halifax until Wednesday, as health advocates highlight Gulf War Illness' chronic symptoms and reported exposure links.
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Persian Gulf War vets still fighting for better recognition after 35 years
For Denis Cote, one of the worst parts of the Persian Gulf War was entering the conflict zone not knowing what to expect as sirens blared in the dead of
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