OTTAWA - New Democrat Veterans Affairs Critic Peter Stoffer is calling on the government to fulfill its election promise to reinstate the allied war veterans’ allowance which was stripped from allied veterans in 1995 by the Liberal government.

“It’s been almost 9 months since the government promised to reinstate this allowance and shamefully, we still have not seen any action,” said Stoffer. “It’s time the government met their promise to these brave men and women who served shoulder to shoulder with our veterans.”

The allied war veterans allowance is a form of financial assistance provided to meet basic needs in recognition of war service.

There are approximately 24,000 allied war veterans still in Canada.