The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) is changing to better reflect how Canadians choose to live, work, and retire. The Government of Canada is adapting the CPP to ensure it remains fair and sustainable, and that it responds to the evolving needs of Canada's aging population and to changes in the economy and labour market.

All Canadian Forces members who have lost their lives in the service of Canada should be granted a death benefit says Patricia Varga, the Dominion President of The Royal Canadian Legion.

CF Veterans are eligible for the baggage fee exemption with WestJet provided that they have their NDI 75 or CF 75 - Record of Service Card with them and present it to the WestJet agent at check in. This will enable them to check in a second bag without having to pay the $20 fee to do so. Please note that overweight fees will apply if their bags are over 50 lbs and any additional bags (3rd bag or more) would be subject to fees as well.

Effective October 3, 2011, the Government imple-mented several enhancements to The New Veterans Charter offering improvements to the benefits avail-able to Veterans who are ill or injured. The enhance-ments address concerns that have been raised by Veter-ans, their families, The Royal Canadian Legion, other Veterans' organizations, advisory groups and parlia-mentary committees.

The Royal Canadian Legion would like to see the same inscription on the National War Memorial as the one on the Seventh Book of Remembrance. This would be instead of individual conflicts etched there as suggested by some people.

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On 17 November, the Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Veterans Affairs, introduced Bill C-55t, An Act to Ammend the Canadian Forces Members and Veterans Re-establishment and Compensation Act and the Pension Act.

Canadian Soldiers killed in Afghanistan are plotted by their hometown locations in Canada. It is a community map of heroes. At a glance, you can see which Canadian communities have suffered the most.

The CF Service Pin has been awarded to eligible personnel at the time of their release since its introduction on 19 August 1985. The CF Service Pin provides a means by which former members of the CF may be identified, and by which they are encouraged to continue their observance of the CF military ethos in civilian life.