Minister says veterans on Canada’s Invictus team will get health coverage by 2025 [Video]

Veterans’ Affairs Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor now says that veterans on Canada’s Invictus Games team will get full health coverage by 2025, days after CBC News reported that veterans on the team have to buy their own health insurance.

“We will continue to work with the Canadian Armed Forces, Soldier On, Invictus Games and other stakeholders to ensure … this situation will be rectified before Invictus Games 2025,” Petitpas Taylor told the House of Commons on Thursday.

NDP MP Rachel Blaney raised the issue in the House after CBC News reported that Scott Snow, a veteran who was a member of Canada’s 2023 Invictus team, had been left on the hook for thousands of dollars in medical expenses.

Snow went to Dusseldorf, Germany to participate in archery, rowing and wheelchair rugby. During his first rugby match, the wheelchair he was using toppled backwards, slamming him onto the court floor and …