Dear Editor:
Another scandal comes to light! Last spring we heard about the corrupt SNC-Lavalin company which was caught bribing officials to get business in Africa.
But who heard any mention about a memorial for the soldiers killed in Afghanistan? Well, the memorial didn’t get any attention. Family members were not even told!
Finally, only after a family member inquired about a reported memorial, an invitation was sent to the families this week – and only then was an official remembrance ceremony held.
Usually when young Canadians are asked by our country to give up their lives in order to fulfill some international peacekeeping plan agreed to by our government, they are extolled as patriots.
Surely when they die, or are crippled in war, they should at least be remembered with a memorial.
Sytske Drijber
(a very concerned veteran),
Rockwood