Rota pledges education support for Canadian veterans

Liberal Candidate Anthony Rota
News Release

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As a member of the National Defense and Veteran Affairs Committee, Liberal incumbent, Anthony Rota, has been to Afghanistan on two different occasions to meet with members of our Canadian Forces. He is proud that a Liberal government will introduce a new Veterans’ Learning Benefit that will pay the full costs of post-secondary education or technical training for Canadian Forces veterans.

“When the hard working men and women complete their service, it is only fitting that the government guarantee they have full support to go to college, university or technical training,” Rota said.

As part of our Canadian Learning Strategy, a Liberal government will invest $120 million over two years in a new Veterans’ Learning Benefit that will:

• Provide full support for the costs – tuition, books, accommodations and living expenses – of up to four years of post-secondary education or technical training for Canadian Forces members after completion of their service;

• Be available to any currently serving member or future serving member of the Canadian Forces who are honourably discharged from service, or to the spouse or partner of a Canadian Forces veteran who, as a result of service in the Forces, is unable to use the benefit.

A Liberal government will also work with veterans groups, advisory groups, Senate and House committees and individual injured veterans and their families to significantly improve the New Veterans Charter – including re-visiting whether the disability award should continue to be a lump-sum payment.

“The men and women who served in our Canadian Forces in the past, as well as now and in the future, deserve our full respect and working with veterans to improve the New Veterans Charter is just one way we can do this,” concluded Rota.

View the full Liberal platform – and the Liberal Family Pack – or visit www.liberal.ca.

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