Lawsuit over massive Veterans Affairs accounting error to cost Ottawa almost $1 billion

An embarrassing multi-million-dollar accounting error that was covered up for years at Veterans Affairs Canada will end up costing taxpayers almost $1 billion now that a Federal Court judge has signed off on a combined class-action settlement.

Lawsuit over massive Veterans Affairs accounting error to cost Ottawa almost $1 billion
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An embarrassing multi-million-dollar accounting error that was covered up for years at Veterans Affairs Canada will end up costing taxpayers almost $1 billion now that a Federal Court judge has signed off on a combined class-action settlement.