The article explains how the family of the soldier wants everyone to know that he was disillusioned with his duty in Afghanistan and then in true Canadian fashion, finishes with the following quote from the Defence Minister:
He added that despite Boneca's death, morale remains high.
"Morale of the troops in Afghanistan is literally fantastic, as it is back here in Canada."
Right.While we're on the subject, I'd like to point out that while doing some research for this post, I discovered that Canada's Minister of National Defence previously worked as a lobbyist for several major companies in the defense industry.
This is rather ironic, considering how much the Conservative Party campaigned with their platform of government accountability. In fact, their own website states that "The Conservative Party will stand up for tough new lobbying rules and an end to the revolving door that allows former ministers, political aides, and top bureaucrats to turn around and lobby the government." But it appears they have no problem with former lobbyists becoming cabinet members and then handing over contracts to the companies they used to work for, eh??
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They will also let Liberals become Conservative Cabinet Ministers one day after the election. And they will put a person into cabinet who didn't even run in the election!
They lost all credibility that first day.
This morning CBC reported that recruitment for the armed forces is way up in Canada over last year. The recruitment officers they interviewed thought it was fantastic.
UGH!
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