History Research Essay: Canadian Veteran Recognition
CHC 1D0-C
April 18, 2014
The acts of recognition fill many aspects of the lives of Canadian war veterans. Recognition infuses the lives of Canadian veterans because it demonstrates to them our feelings and understanding of their sacrifices for us all. This recognition provides hope for them and their families because of our willingness to either financially support them, or to support them with disability health care services. Since 1663, the Veterans Affairs Canada, also known as VAC has been developed to support Canadian veterans. The VAC department is responsible to provide pensions and other benefit services to Canadian war veterans, retired members of the Canadian Forces, and still-serving members of the Canadian Forces. After the World Wars, Canadian veterans were given several additions to their current rights, and benefits. These additions and benefits provided by VAC, funded by us are a great form of recognition for the Canadian veterans.
Book given to U.S. veterans in 1919 to help them r...
The Dome Church, known as Église du Dôme, at Les...
English: Canada Memorial - war memorial in Green P...Canada expends nearly $1.5 billion a year to pay war pensions. The taxes we pay to the government contribute to the war pensions given to the veterans. The Veterans Affairs Canada, from 1663 states that these disability war pensions are beneficial for the surviving war veterans. First of all, these war pensions recognize the Canadian veterans because we Canadian residents are paying the veterans for their clothing and other allowances, for them to live a comfortable life. Our tax payments are financially supporting them and their families. As a matter of fact, we pay for their clothing allowances, death benefits, disability award, disability pension, exceptional incapacity allowance, and permanent impairment allowance. This contribution of large amounts of money to the veterans presents that we recognize them because of our willingness to financially support the war veterans, since they had sacrificed...