Thunder Bay NDP MP John Rafferty is going to bat for a Canadian veteran in the House of Commons.
He brought up the story of Master Corporal Paul Franklin who lost both his legs in Afghanistan and is struggling with Veterans Affairs to hang on to his benefits which is asking him every year to prove he’s disabled. Rafferty called it “callous incompetence”.
Pierre Lemieux, the Parliamentary Secretary for Veterans Affairs, says they’ve already reached out to Franklin and as the result of veteran feedback, the process is going to be reviewed. (File Photo)