QUESTION PERIOD — Veterans Affairs
Access to Health Care
November 4, 2025
Government leader, earlier this year, Canada’s veterans learned that the government department that is supposed to take care of them is now severely limiting coverage for shock-wave therapy, a treatment used by hundreds of veterans for chronic pain and other service-related injuries. Veterans Affairs Canada now plans to cap this therapy at just three sessions for life. Veterans are evidently disappointed at this decision, especially as the Department of National Defence is spending billions setting up new bureaucracies to spend further billions in procurement contracts.
Leader, why is your government penny-pinching when it comes to the health and well-being of the brave men and women who already sacrificed so much for our country?
The government has made it clear that it wants to invest in the Canadian Armed Forces. I disagree on the fact that we are not taking care of our veterans. I’m sure that more has to be done, but the government is committed to standing by its Armed Forces.
My own family was among those who went to the Second World War. I am very committed to bringing to the government anything that would draw attention to the care of the Armed Forces and our veterans. I know that we have a visitor here in the gallery, and I think they have to understand that the Canadian government stands beside its Armed Forces.
Senator Moreau, will your government reverse this uncaring decision and ensure that our veterans continue to receive this much-needed treatment they deserve?
I’m taking good note of your question, and I will raise it with the minister.
