Dedicated to our husbands who did not have the “foresight" to die on or after the date set by the government of February 6, 2006

Please Click Here To Sign Our Petition For Fair Treatment

***NEWS***

Article on the recent Press Conference

Times & Transcript - Sept 26th, 2008

Letter to the Editor
Carletta Matheson, Daily Gleaner - Sept 25th, 2008

We would like to thank
Wayne Cardinal, Earl Graves, and David Weir
veterans of the Canadian Military,
for continuing to be such great supporters of the Military Widows on a War Path.

If interested in joining our group or starting your own group in your area, please call:

 Bette Hudson
(506) 446-5195

Our meetings are held monthly, at the St. Johns Anglican Church in Oromocto, NB. Located on Broad rd, across from the hospital.

Welcome to our website.

We are understandably upset and on a warpath for good reason. Our government has excluded us from the Agent Orange Ex Gratia payment of $20,000 because of a date. This date, 6 February 2006, has not one thing to do with our husband's illnesses or deaths. We want it thrown out. We want what we deserve! We want justice and honor for our husbands!

We have walked in the shoes! Our stories are horrific but very important. They need to be told. You are important, we want to hear your stories. Please leave comments, your feelings and thoughts. They are very significant. Our government is distributing $20,000 checks as this is written.

We, the members of the Military Widows on a War Path, have all applied for this payment and are being refused because our husbands did not die on or after February 6th, 2006. Is this fair? NO!

We need all of your help from across this country to stand up for what we believe is just and right!

Our husbands served this country well. They paid for this travesty with their lives, so have their families.

Please post your comments, messages, and feel free to submit biographies and pictures of your husband and families.

Canada deserves to know what is happening to us!

If you wish further information on our group, please leave a message on the website or call 506-446-5195. I will be more than happy to help.

Bette J. Hudson
Founder
Military Widows on a War Path

What is the “Agent Orange Ex Gratia Payment”?

                 In June 1966, and June 1967, CFB Gagetown conducted testing of various chemicals for defoliants and desiccants. Included in these chemicals was  the defoliant by the name of Agent Orange. After the testing, it had been discovered that Agent Orange was contaminated with tetrachlorodibenzodioxin (TCDD), a dioxin that is a toxic and persistent substance.

                 As per a Toxicological Risk Assessment conducted by Cantox Environmental for Health Canada in July of 2006, there is evidence of an association between exposure to Agent Orange, "amung vietnam veterans who participated in defoliation and chemical spraying (Operation Ranch Hand), and health outcomes including cancer (several forms including soft tissue sarcoma, non-hodgkin lymphoma, hodgkin disease, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, respiratory cancers, prostate cancer); chloracne; peripheral neuropathy; porphyria cutanea tarda; type 2 diabetes (mellitus); and, spina bifida."

The Agent Orange Ex Gratia Payment is a one-time, tax-free payment of $20,000 to any one alive between 1 June 1966 and 6 February 2006 who have been diagnosed with any of the above health problems and can prove they were in the affected area during the specified time of training. This was announced on 12 September 2007, by the Honourable Greg Thompson, Minister of Veterans Affairs. If the recipient dies on or after 6 February 2006, the payment will be issued to the “primary care giver”

Our Goal

The Agent Orange Ex Gratia Payment, seems to show a impression of responsibility taken by our government in the many lives affected by the mistake made in the testing of Agent Orange. But how does the government get away with excluding soldiers who died before 6 February 2006? How can a date be set on who gets compensated for a life of unhealthiness due to a mistake made by the government? The aim of the “Military Widows on a War Path”, is to fight for the soldiers who lost their lives before 6 February 2006 and ensure they receive the recognition and compensation they deserve, for the pain and suffering they have went through. And also ensure, they are not,

 Forgotten!