Canada's veterans are ebbing away, and as they go, government officials are asking how much of the Department of Veterans Affairs should go with them.

Every month 1,700 more veterans from the Second World War and Korean War die. Of the 1.1 million men and women who fought in the Second World War or in Korea, only 155,700 are still alive. Yet the operating budget of Veterans Affairs, which cares for surviving servicemen and women, has climbed by $325-million to $3.4-billion since 2006.

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