OTTAWA — Senior Veterans Affairs bureaucrats were paid, on average, almost $15,000 each in bonuses even as they cut public service jobs, closed offices and faced off with wounded soldiers fed up with poor service from the department. In addition, in 2014-2015, eight of the top bureaucrats also received their regular bonuses; that cash payout averaged $5,555 each. Those include breaches of their privacy by Veterans Affairs senior bureaucrats and denial of claims. RelatedPreviously Parent raised questions about how Veterans Affairs treated families of former soldiers affected by the spraying of Agent Orange. During the Conservative government, the senior bureaucrats at Veterans Affairs oversaw the shutdown of nine offices across the country that provided support to former soldiers.

Source: National Post September 29, 2016 22:18 UTC