A multimillion-dollar contract between Ottawa and a private company around the provision of mental and physical health services for veterans is sparking a new fight between the Liberal government and Canada’s community of veterans.
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Yet officials have also confirmed the rollout of the PCVRS’s services is taking longer than expected, with the second phase now delayed. Awarded to PCVRS in June 2021, the contract came into effect last November and involves the company connecting veterans to physical, mental and occupational rehabilitation clinics and providers in their local communities.
Yet those reassurances have done little to assuage the Union of Veterans Affairs Employees, while a growing number of veterans and health-care providers are starting to speak out as well. “The excitement and energy in that room today for people, either in person or online, around coming together as one to effect change was a huge positive takeaway.”
Psychotherapist Alisha Henson, who works with veterans and their families in the Ottawa Valley, said the new arrangement took mental-health providers in her area by surprise. Those include added administrative requirements on providers, uncertainty over what happens if those now working with veterans don’t want to join PCVRS and reductions on current remuneration rates and assessment times.
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