BY CHRIS COBB
Veteran Mike Collins is a voter the Conservatives should be able to count on, no questions asked. “I’m 40 years old, retired military and I live on a farm in the middle of nowhere,” he says. “I should be a slam-dunk for these guys.
“But vote Conservative? Not a chance.”
Like many veterans, Collins is unhappy with his treatment by the federal government. In his case, he says it’s because of a complex, and restrictive, benefits system that denies dental care to his six kids — coverage he had when he was still a serving soldier.
“Want to give me a campaign promise?” he says. “Give me my dental back. I appreciate the gratitude for my service, but gratitude is also about making sure my family gets looked after.”
Collins, who served 14 years, including a 2002 deployment in Bosnia, is scathing in his view of The New Veterans Charter, introduced in the dying days of the Paul Martin Liberal government and adopted by the Conservatives shortly after they took office in 2006.
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