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OTTAWA — The new veterans minister is under fire for posting some details of a highly anticipated progress report on improving the treatment of ex-soldiers on Twitter and Facebook even before MPs and the wider veterans community had a chance to see it.

The update is seen as the first significant political test for Erin O’Toole, who replaced the embattled Julian Fantino last month, but the report did not arrive until well after the close of business Friday night, missing a deadline imposed by a parliamentary committee.

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The six-page letter was tabled Monday, but is in limbo because the Commons veterans affairs committee does not have a chairman to formally receive it, according to the committee clerk.

O’Toole posted an info graphic on social media over the weekend tracking the government’s progress in implementing changes to legislation and benefits proposed by the veterans committee.