Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Agent Orange Upd

The deadline has come and gone -- and -- members of the Agent Orange Association of Canada are still waiting for a response from Veterans Affairs Minister Greg Thompson. The group marched on Thompson's office last month demanding a public inquiry by June 15th -- Art Connolly of Agent Orange Alert tells Tide News the limited 20-thousand dollar compensation package which expired this year didn't go far enough:

Meantime -- the last time we spoke with Thompson -- he wasn't budging:

Agent Orange Association co-president Gary Goode tells us plans are being made for a protest march on Parliament Hill.