Carol Brown Parker, co-president of the Agent Orange Association of Canada Inc., said her organization is pleased with Layton's announcement.
"We are anticipating the other parties running in this election to announce similar action," Brown Parker said. "Our association advocates for full public inquiry into the spraying of code name Agent Orange and all other chemical defoliants and dioxins sprayed at CFB Gagetown and surrounding areas from 1956 to 1984. The Agent Orange issues at Base Gagetown have gone on far too long and many victims have been left without help."
Further information can be obtained at www.agentorangecanada.com.
Bette Hudson, who speaks for the Oromocto-area group Widows on a War Path, said she also liked what she heard from Layton. The trick now is to put pressure on the other political parties to make a similar commitment, she said.
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