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The Senate Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs (VEAC) is a subcommittee of the Standing Committee on National Security and Defence in the Senate of Canada.
The subcommittee's mandate is to study the services and benefits provided to members and veterans of the Canadian Forces and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and the families of those members and veterans.
| Caucus | Member | Province | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jean-Guy Dagenais, deputy chair | QC | |
| Conservative | Daniel Lang | YK | |
| Conservative | Vernon White | ON | |
| Independent Senators Group | Gwen Boniface | ON | |
| Independent Senators Group | Don Meredith | ON | |
| Independent Senators Group | Raymonde Saint-Germain | QC | |
| Senate Liberal | Mobina Jaffer, chair | BC | |
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