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	The position of '''Minister of Veterans Affairs''' (]: ''Ministre des Anciens Combattants'') was created in ]. The Department of ] was split from the Department of Pensions and National Health and was given the responsibility of administering benefits and pensions for ]s. Its first responsibility was assisting in the reintegration of demobilised soldiers into civilian life and assisting them with health care, education, employment, loans and pensions. Today the department is largely responsible for medical care and pensions for aging veterans via the Canadian Pension Commission, War Veterans Appeal Board, and Bureau of Pensions Advocates.		The position of '''Minister of Veterans Affairs''' (]: ''Ministre des Anciens Combattants'') was created in ]. The Department of ] was split from the Department of Pensions and National Health and was given the responsibility of administering benefits and pensions for ]s. Its first responsibility was assisting in the reintegration of demobilised soldiers into civilian life and assisting them with health care, education, employment, loans and pensions. Today the department is largely responsible for medical care and pensions for aging veterans via the Canadian Pension Commission, War Veterans Appeal Board, and Bureau of Pensions Advocates.

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The position of Minister of Veterans Affairs (French: Ministre des Anciens Combattants) was created in 1944. The Department of Veterans Affairs Canada was split from the Department of Pensions and National Health and was given the responsibility of administering benefits and pensions for war veterans. Its first responsibility was assisting in the reintegration of demobilised soldiers into civilian life and assisting them with health care, education, employment, loans and pensions. Today the department is largely responsible for medical care and pensions for aging veterans via the Canadian Pension Commission, War Veterans Appeal Board, and Bureau of Pensions Advocates.