Ottawa will pay dozens of rejected Agent Orange claims

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(Canadian Press) The federal government is reversing a decision to reject compensation for dozens of Canadians affected by the spraying of Agent Orange.

The Canadian Press has learned approximately 30 people will now receive payments under the program, which is meant to compensate soldiers and their families exposed to the defoliant in the 1960s who later became ill.

A number of families had gone public in recent weeks with their bureaucratic battles over the funds and the Veterans Ombudsman publicly rebuked the government for its handling of the file.

Government sources say the number of complaints they've received led to a review of the rules for what one admitted was a "less than perfect" program.

full: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2011/12/30/nb-agent-orange-decision-152.html

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. There is such a pattern by govrnments to delay delay delay compensation

until most of the victims are dead and gone.
I am glad to see that public pressure FINALLY won out in this case.