/R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - Government of Canada to announce Pension for Life for Veterans/

OTTAWA, Dec. 19, 2017 /CNW/ - The Honourable Seamus O'Regan, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence and Sherry Romanado, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, will announce details about the Government of Canada's commitment to provide a pension for life for Veterans.

Media are invited to attend a technical briefing and the official announcement.

    Technical Media Briefing
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    Location:                      National Defence Headquarters (NDHQ) -
                                   Multimedia Centre

                                  101 Colonel By Drive

                                  Ottawa, ON


    Date:                         Wednesday, December 20, 2017


    Time:                         8:45 a.m. - Arrive at NDHQ

    (EST)                         8:50 a.m. - Registration

                                   9 a.m. - Technical brief with subject-
                                   matter experts


    Subject-matter experts will include:

     Faith McIntyre, DG, Policy and Research, Veterans Affairs Canada
      
    Paul Thomson, DG, Service Delivery Transformation, Veterans Affairs
      Canada


    Official Announcement
    ---------------------


    Location:                      National Defence Headquarters (NDHQ) -
                                   Multimedia Centre


    Date:                         Wednesday, December 20, 2017


    Time:                         10 a.m.

    (EST)


    Spokespersons will include:

     The Honourable Seamus O'Regan, Minister of Veterans Affairs and
      Associate Minister of National Defence 
    Sherry Romanado,
      Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs 
    General
      (Retired) Walter Natynczk, Deputy Minister, Veterans Affairs Canada


    Important information:

     Media representatives are asked to register by 4:00 p.m. EST on
      December 19, 2017. Please contact the Media Relations Office by e-
      mail at vac.media-medias.acc@vac-acc.gc.ca. 
    For those unable to
      attend, you may: 

    Request dial-in information for the technical
      briefing and announcement by contacting the Media Relations Office;
      or 
    Watch the announcement on Facebook Live.

SOURCE Veterans Affairs Canada