Stop the Closure of Veterans Affairs Offices

Greetings Sisters and Brothers,

Yesterday PSAC continued our campaign to prevent the closure of 9 Veterans Affairs offices across the country, which are slated to close February of next year.

A press conference was held at Parliament Hill, where veterans and our members, came together to speak on the importance of preventing these office closures.

In Ontario, we held 2 townhall meetings, one in Windsor and the other in Thunder Bay, both of which are on the list of office closures.
Now veterans in these communities will be left without front-line services, forcing them to travel hours away to the next closest office.

For many veterans who suffer from mental and physical health issues, this is simply not possible.

Please help in this campaign, as we continue to pressure the Conservative government against this decision.

You can find more information on our webpage, as well as view our Youtube video: http://ontario.psac.com/stop-the-closure-of-veterans-affairs-offices

Thank you to all the members that took part in this initiative. We received tremendous press coverage, some of which is reproduced below:
Veterans oppose closure of Windsor Veterans Affairs office (CTV Windsor)
Veterans gather in Ottawa to protest district office closures (CTV Atlantic)
Veterans' union launches national campaign to stop district office closures (CTV National)
Veterans, civil servants press Ottawa to keep offices open (Globe and Mail)
Veterans’ union to protest closure of local offices (Ottawa Citizen/Postmedia)
Des vétérans accusent le gouvernement de «trahison» (Le Droit)
Appui aux services régionaux pour les anciens combattants (Radio-Canada)
Cape Breton veterans battle office closure (Cape Breton Post)
Veterans campaign to keep district offices open (CBC PEI)
YouTube Video Reacts to Veterans Affairs Closures (VOCM - Newfoundland)
Here and Now (CBC NL)
CPAC Prime Time Politics 
Beef up pensions, benefits for Canada’s injured veterans: Editorial (Toronto Star)
Veterans' union launches national campaign to stop district office closures 
Government ‘betraying veterans’ with cuts to service offices: union (iPolitics)
Veterans Affairs office closures (CBC Power and Politics) 
NTV Evening News (32 minute mark)
Veterans Affairs In Danger (Blackburn News - Windsor Ontario)

In Solidarity,
Sharon DeSousa
REVP, Ontario
Public Service Alliance of Canada
90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 608
Toronto Ontario M4P 2Y3
Telephone No. (416) 485-3558 ext 231
Fax No. (416) 485-8607
Email: desouss@psac.com