Posted on 09/05/08
Ottawa shirked duty to soldiers, minister says
The federal Minister of Veterans Affairs said yesterday that past governments did not do enough to help Canadian soldiers who returned from combat with service-related mental illnesses. "Some of these people have seen atrocities they don't even want to talk about or think about, and most of them are unimaginable for the average Canadian to picture," Greg Thompson said. The minister made his comment a day after the Department of National Defence revealed that at least 1,500 of the 20,000 men and women who have served in Afghanistan since 2001 have suffered from "operational stress injuries" - an umbrella term that includes illnesses such as post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression and addiction.
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