Reserve veterans should be assured top treatment

Reserve veterans should be assured top treatment: Valley
Posted By By Mike Aiken
Posted 16 hours ago
Daily Miner and News - Kenora,Ontario,Canada

By Mike Aiken

Miner and News


Reservists serving in Afghanistan should get the same compensation as members of the regular forces, said Kenora MP Roger Valley Thursday.

Valley referred to the findings of a recent Senate report, which noted part-time members who lose a limb only get half the amount of full-time soldiers, even though their fulfilling the same roles.

“Many of the things they say in the report are exactly true,” he said, having recently returned from a trip to the front lines.

“You’d think they’d have nothing but the best,” he added, noting there are some gaps in service within the district.

One of the main issues for soldiers who suffer from such severe injuries is that they are no longer deemed fit for service. As a result, they’re retired from service and lose some of the top-notch care servicemen are entitled to receive.

Members of the local reserve unit, the 116th Independent Field Battery, have been called upon to support the mission and many have served overseas, which makes it a local issue for Valley, who also sits on the House of Commons committee for Veterans Affairs.

“We can’t function in Afghanistan without reservists, yet we treat them differently,” he said, emphasizing the disparity
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