Jenifer Migneault comforts her husband veteran Claude Rainville after she tried to speak with Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino, who had been attending a Commons veterans committee in Ottawa, Thursday May 29, 2014.
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Canada’s Veterans Minister dogged by criticism, chased by vet’s wife

Canada’s Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino continues to be the focus of frustration by both military veterans and their families.

On Thursday (May 29), he and his assistants were chased by a veteran’s wife asking for answers.

Earlier in the week Canadian media reported that the department had spent $4 million on advertising, this only months after shutting down 11 Veterans Affairs offices across the country.

RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda has a report.

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More information:
CBC News – Julian Fantino told ‘we’re nothing to you’ by veterans wife – here
iPolitics – QP Friday — In Fantino’s wake – here
Toronto Star – Veterans affairs minister ignores woman’s pleas after defending department’s $4-million boost to ad budget – here

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