This veteran with cancer spent years fighting for special benefits

In July 2023, I had a seizure at home and my wife called an ambulance. I was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme, which is also just called GBM, a relatively rare brain cancer. It's also the cancer that killed Gord Downie of the And to me, the headline of this story would always be, if he or she was American, they would be covered. tragically hip. On my seven-month tour, there were three cases of GBM that were ultimately diagnosed, and two of those people were now deceased, leaving me as the only person who was still alive, so I wanted to pursue that. So they will provide us with some meals, some help in house cleaning and your day-to-day affairs. It really means a lot to us, but it also means that from a military point of view, your service is deemed to be in the service of Canada. For military people and for families, that's real closure and that's real recognition.