RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

The Ongoing Discussion of Racism in the RCMP Dear Members of the Association, New Brunswick Division member, retired S/Sgt. Rick Bohus has been in a series of conversations with a variety of individuals in an effort to shed some light on the issue of racism within the Force. Rick has very generously supplied copies of […]

  Funding for Departmental Wait Time Plan Dear Stakeholders and Advisory Group members, As a follow-up from our recent update when we shared the Department’s plan to address wait times, we are providing you with additional information regarding the injection of new funds for Veterans Affairs Canada included in Economic And Fiscal Snapshot 2020 presented […]

    A New Chairperson for the Finance and Audit Committee Dear Members of the Association, The Board of Directors is very pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Earl Basse to Chairman of the Finance and Audit Committee. In the capacity of Manager of the Finance and Audit Committee, Earl will replace Director Bob […]

Chief Tanner on the Rideau Hall Incident Dear Members of the Association, President Glenn has asked that comments by Halton Regional Police Chief, Steve Tanner on what was said by NDP National Leader, Jagmeet Singh relative to the Force’s handling of the Rideau Hall incident be shared with you. It will be recalled that MP […]

A View of Depot Division Dear Members of the Association, With the Force under intense scrutiny from a number of quarters and our Association members stepping in to express their support for the serving members it was thought that a splash of video of what goes into creating a serving member would go a long […]

Public Commentary on Rideau Hall Outcome Dear Members of the Association The Association has received from CSM Al McCambridge the text of a message from Commissioner Brenda Lucki to the serving members of the Force regarding the comments made by National NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh regarding the recent incident (July 2nd 2020) at Rideau Hall in […]

A Theme of Support Dear Members of the Association, A short while ago retired Sgt. Bob Armstrong from Edmonton Division made us aware of a tradition at his condo that gives a definition to the word patriot in the Canadian sense. Gathered to sing O Canada Every Sunday, at noon, residents from Bob’s condo gather in […]

RCMP Veterans’ Association This information is being provided to all Association Members Royal Lepage Newsletter – June 2020 Dear Members of the Association, Please find attached the June Newsletter from our sponsor, Royal LePage. We are most appreciative of the support of Royal Lepage and thank them for their sponsorship of our Association. The Letter follows. […]

Chief Advocate Ruby Burns has provided the following information for individuals wishing to learn more about their VAC account.   We are offering online information sessions about My VAC Account. The focus of these sessions will be on ways to connect with VAC from your home; applying for benefits or services; setting up direct deposit; […]

  Click on the link below to read an article written by Supt. E.C. MacAulay (Rtd), BBA, MBA, LLB.   Ernie is a member of the PEI Division of the RCMPVA. systemicracisminthercmp