Political outrage over Veterans Affairs’ decision to fund murderer’s PTSD help
HALIFAX — Political outrage is building over Veterans Affairs Canada’s decision to pay for the PTSD treatment of a Halifax man who murdered an off-duty police officer and used a compost bin to dispose of her body.
“This is an absolute travesty as far as I’m concerned,” federal Conservative shadow critic Phil McColeman said Wednesday.
He called on Veterans Affairs Minister Seamus O’Regan to “please step in now and address this outrage,” while another Conservative MP, Erin O’Toole, called the department’s help for Christopher Garnier an “outrage of the highest order.”
O’Regan said in a statement late Wednesday he would be “looking into how and why this decision was made,” but defended Veterans Affairs and its PTSD treatment for vets and their families.