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16-12-05, 15:33
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veteran passes
Just saw this in local web news that one of Canada's last surviving Great War veterans passed away on Wednesday. He volunteered at age 15.
William Procter lived at a care facility in Enderby, B.C. He was 106 years young. He went skydiving for his 100th birthday and was still driving his car at 102. He never missed a Remembrance Day ceremony from 1919 until this year. I believe there are only three survivors left now in Canada. 
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16-12-05, 16:18
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Re: veteran passes
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  Three survivors left Ah ... Karmen
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17-12-05, 23:56
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Something along the lines of Smokey Smith's ceremony.
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18-12-05, 13:13
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If we get a new government we should all start writing our MP's about this great idea. If the current situation remains, it will be a waste of time. Thanks for thinking of something like that Dean.
 Cheers, Barry
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19-12-05, 18:43
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A memorial service in Vernon, BC will be held today to remember British Columbia's last surviving First World War veteran.
Lest we forget ...
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30-12-05, 16:08
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Still fighting.....
This came out today and according to this the Supreme Court ,running dog lackies,APPOINTED by the lickspital liberal thieves that are running our country,Parliament can do what it wants ...the hell with rights......
But the fight is not over... Our veterans deserve better than what they now have.... Make sure they get better this time around and throw these thieving, lying liberals out this time.... These polititions make me want to puke....and I haven't even been drinkin' yet today.... Disabled Veterans Class Action Lawsuit WINDSOR, ON, Dec. 30 /CNW/ - In the six years since the lawsuit was commenced, there have been several key developments including a ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada in July 2003 upholding the supremacy of Parliament and its power to unilaterally limit its indebtedness to the disabled veterans. ******************************* The Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled in December 2003 that, despite the Supreme Court's ruling, the case had not been brought to an end and could continue with the next vital step - determining the extent of the government's legal liability. ******************************* Also in that ruling, the case management judge Justice John H. Brockenshire ruled that the government's liability - because of its failure to properly act as a trustee of the veterans' funds over an 85 year period - appeared likely to exceed, "and very substantially exceed" $1 billion. In September 2004, the lawyers for the veterans and the government met in court to argue the method of calculating the veterans' damages. In his December 2004 ruling, Justice Brockenshire decided that the damages hearing should proceed on the basis of the veterans' preferred approach - as opposed to the government's - applying the full benefit of hindsight to all calculations. The basis for the veterans' lawyers position as regards the calculation of damages included studies prepared by former federal government economist Michael Charette, now a professor at the University of Windsor. The studies undertook a historical review of various rates of return as applied to a variety of investment instruments. They did so in the context of standard trustee practice over the last 85 years, the period covered by the lawsuit. For further information: David Greenaway, Lawyer, Raphael Partners, (519) 966-1300 Ext. 422; Raphael Partners Public Relations, (519) 966-1300 Ext. 560
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30-12-05, 16:20
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Still Fighting....part ll..
This came out also...
I'd willingly give it to the Vets than to a bunch of Liberal cronies that do nothing but suck the lifeblood out of our country....I'll bet this willl throw a scut in to Goodales budget...Not as much money to give to their buddies... I like the term "Forthwith"..... *************************** *************************** Ontario Superior Court Justice Awards Disabled Veterans $4.6 B Federal Government Ordered To Deposit Funds "Forthwith" in Specially Designated Trust Account ************************** ************************** WINDSOR, ON, Dec. 30 /CNW/ - Ontario Superior Court Justice John H. Brockenshire has rendered a decision awarding thousands of disabled veterans, engaged in a class action lawsuit against the federal government, $4.6 B in damages. The decision quantifies the damages owing by the federal government to thousands of disabled veterans who, since their class action lawsuit was certified in 1999, have been seeking redress from the federal government for years of failure to properly administer their funds. These were veterans who were injured in the service of their country and were deemed, by the government, incapable of managing their money as a result of their disability. Veterans in the Class include those from the First World War onwards. Justice Brockenshire's decision deals with the quantification of the aggregate damages on the basis of earnings, over 85 years, on the principle amount held by the federal government for the Class members - if the monies had been properly invested. The Auditor General of Canada noted in 1986 that the government had failed in its duty to manage these funds, and in subsequent court appearances the government acknowledged its role as a trustee. Key findings in the decision include: - "If the Government had addressed this problem in 1985 when the Auditor General's report made it plain and obvious that the earlier suspicions of the higher echelons of the bureaucracy were correct and that the Government was in breach of its obligations, the number (the Government's liability) would have been in the neighborhood of $66 Million." - "At the same time while the veterans were out their money the Government had at least the opportunity to have invested it. Even if they invested it in a conservative portfolio...they would have...earned over $2 B." - "The general political comments about not wanting to see pension money going to distant relatives and strangers was put forward as a policy reason for imposing a lapsing provision...I conclude that these same considerations even if proven to have been government policy would not effect the obligation that the Government took as a trustee without limitations, to manage what was, as long as the veteran was alive, the veteran's property." - "The granting of an aggregate damage award would serve to crystallize the extent of the wrong done by the government over a period of 85 years to veterans that had been rendered helpless and incompetent, on the Crown's own finding, while serving their country in its armed forces." In commenting on the decision the veterans' lawyers said: "This is truly a significant judgment. For over eighty years, thousands of Canadian veterans had no voice. Their own federal government had access to their personal funds, failed to invest them, and failed in their duty as a trustee by not paying them any return on their funds. Forced to sue their own government, these veterans now know what they are owed. This decision is a call for leadership, and a call to action to address this historical wrong." "The timing of this judgment - during a federal election - provides Canadians with the opportunity to ask their candidates for political office, their political leaders, how they intend to address this vital national issue. Not only is this an important issue of considerable financial significance, but a moral one as well. We pride ourselves as being a nation that looks after its most vulnerable citizens as part of our national culture and way of life. Successive governments have failed these veterans, this government and indeed our federal representatives elected post-January 23rd should be held to account for their response to this judgment," they added. The members of the veterans' legal team are: Raymond Colautti and David Greenaway, Partners, Raphael Partners Barristers and Solicitors (Windsor, Ontario) and Peter Sengbusch (London, Ontario). To view Backgrounder please see: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/a.../30/c4228.html For further information: David Greenaway, Lawyer, Raphael Partners (Windsor, Ontario), (519) 966-1300 Ext. 422; Raphael Partners Public Relations, (519) 966-1300 Ext. 560
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