Issue
Veterans & Military Families
Veterans' benefits, mental-health supports, transition-to-civilian-life programs, and care for military families.
Where parties stand
Compare side-by-side- Bloc QuébécoisBLOC
Supports stronger VAC benefits and faster claims processing. Wants Quebec military-family resource centres recognized and funded under bilingual-service obligations.
- Conservative Party of CanadaCONSERVATIVE
Would end the backlog at Veterans Affairs Canada with a statutory 12-week processing guarantee, expand the Caregiver Recognition Benefit, and re-open the nine closed regional VAC offices.
Backs the service-presumption model, comprehensive mental-health support, and a moratorium on military procurement increases until VAC backlog is cleared.
- Liberal Party of CanadaLIBERAL
Carney government continues the Trudeau-era Veterans Benefits Modernization program, with an additional $200M for service-attribution claims and a guaranteed 16-week claims-processing target by 2027.
Source Would shift VAC to a 'service-presumption' model where mental-health and many physical injuries are automatically attributed to service unless proven otherwise. Funds an expanded military-family resource centre network.