Friday, June 11, 2010

Gagetown in New Brunswick - Agent Orange compensation deadline Sept. 17


http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/9016821.html

Agent Orange compensation deadline Sept. 17


Fri. Jun 11 - 7:33 AM

People who worked at or lived near CFB Gagetown in New Brunswick more than 40 years ago have a little time left to apply for Agent Orange-related compensation.

Veterans Affairs Canada bureaucrat Barry Gallant said all information must be in by Sept. 17. Gallant also told the pro­vincial veterans affairs committee Thurs­day that there is no authorization for payments after Oct. 1.

Ottawa announced a compensation program in 2007 for people who worked at or lived within five kilometres of the New Brunswick military base in 1966 or 1967.

The federal compensation is $20,000.

Gallant said 618 Nova Scotians have sub­mitted applications and 396 have been approved. Two are in progress and the rest were declined.
Posted by at

1 comment:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2011 at 9:20 PM

    i had played hockey with a teacher fron New BRUNSWICK and went to see him a few years ago.he had been a phys ed teacher and when i was there he got tired very easily,with no strength,or energy.he was forced to quit his job because of his illness.he told me the cause was cutting brush when he was young where agent orange had been sprayed

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)