From veteran advocacy group to....

Welcome to today`s Royal Canadian Legion.  Sadely it is a far cry from what the Legion`s founders intended their organization to represent which was to create an advocacy group of veterans  to look after the needs of  their fellow veterans.  What would the Legion's Veteran founder have said if they saw the above pictures?

When the Royal Canadian Legion was formed in 1926 these were some of the primary objectives they had in mind:


a) To see that their (veterans) services will not be forgotten by the nation and that due attention shall be paid to their welfare and that of their dependants.


b) To see to the maintenance and comfort of those (veterans) who require special treatment; the disabled, the sick, aged and needy.


c) To assist our comrades now serving, especially in connection with their return to civil life, and to safeguard the interests of their dependents while they are in service. 


d)  To assist ex-servicemen to secure not less than the recognized standard of rates of wages in accordance with their abilities.


e)  To secure adequate pensions, allowances grantsand war gratuities for ex-servicemen,  their dependents, and the widows,  children and dependents of those who have served, and to labour for honourable provision being made to those who, in declining years,  are unable to support themselves.