Broken Contract: Why Veterans Affairs Is Failing the People Who Fought for Canada

Broken Contract: Why Veterans Affairs Is Failing the People Who Fought for Canada

Author: David Morrow April 27, 2026 Duration: 31:44

I went to Ottawa and said what needed to be said.


I'm part of the 0.01% — the fraction of Canadians who have actively engaged in combat. I fought for this country in Afghanistan. I did the dirty work. And when I came home and needed help, the system that was supposed to catch me wasn't there.

If you're fed up with not being heard head to my site and join the mailing list. I don't know what to do next but at least you'll know about it first: https://hardtokill.org/


Read the full speech that I didn't read in Ottawa: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oq15-UbPDmQUJxSseSxOwa2YW_my_g9DseY1UMj7_f0/edit?usp=sharing


In this testimony before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs, I break down exactly what's broken with Veterans Affairs Canada and the PCVRS rehabilitation program — a contract farmed out to an American private equity firm that has no business managing the care of Canadian war fighters.


I talk about:


The language gap between military culture and government bureaucracy

Why the current model of care is emasculating and ineffective

The critical link between physical health and mental health recovery

What a real, veteran-led rehabilitation program actually looks like

Why I have zero confidence in VAC's so-called "independent" review

What needs to change — and why veterans have to lead that fight themselves

This isn't a complaint. This is a call to action.


We are under-recovered, not broken. And until the government starts listening to the people it's mandated to serve, nothing will change.


If you're a veteran, share this. Talk to your friends. Put your boots back on.


The fight isn't over — it just moved here.


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