Pursuant to the motion adopted at its meeting on November 9, 2017, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs is undertaking a “study on the services offered to Indigenous veterans with a focus on the specific needs and issues faced by this population.”
This is the Committee’s first study on Indigenous veterans. The study topics include:
- Support offered to Indigenous veterans by their communities during the transition process;
- Quality of services offered to Indigenous veterans by Veterans Affairs Canada;
- Specific needs of Indigenous veterans living in remote areas;
- Specific issues affecting:
- First Nations veterans (on- and off-reserve);
- Métis veterans;
- Inuit veterans;
- Modern-day Indigenous veterans; and
- Indigenous reservists.
- Treatment of Indigenous veterans who served in the Second World War and the Korean War;
- Issues concerning veterans who served with the Canadian Rangers; and
- Services offered to Indigenous veterans who served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police by Veterans Affairs Canada.