Veterans Affairs Canada has a policy of denying survivors of sexual trauma in the military access to peer support programs and forces them to seek help elsewhere, the country's veterans ombudsman says in a hard-hitting new report. The incident at Project Trauma Support raised questions about the lack of government oversight of registered charities offering PTSD care. The Mood Disorders Society of Canada was one of the program's major suppliers of funding, using hundreds of thousands of dollars provided by Veterans Affairs. Both the society and Veterans Affairs have since cut ties with Project Trauma Support. Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay responds to a question in the House of Commons Monday, February 3, 2020 in Ottawa.

Source: CBC News June 02, 2021 18:34 UTC