Veterans Affairs poised to lose hundreds of staff hired to deal with claims backlog

OTTAWA — Veterans Affairs Canada says the Liberal government has agreed to extend the contracts of only about one-third of the temporary staff hired to deal with a backlog of disability claims from ill and injured ex-soldiers.

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