Canada skimping on Afghan funeral costs?

[RamboLiberal]

Source: MSNBC/Reuters

Canada, trying to tackle another controversy involving its military mission to Afghanistan, ordered a probe on Wednesday into reports that Ottawa had broken promises to pay the funeral costs of those killed in action.

Defense Minister Gordon O’Connor, who assured Parliament on Monday he had already ordered that all regular funeral costs be covered, said it was “with considerable distress” he had learned some families might not have been reimbursed.

“If confirmed, this would indicate that my direction was not followed and I can assure you that this will be dealt with accordingly and corrected as soon as possible,” O’Connor told a hastily-arranged news conference.

The reports are yet more bad news for the beleaguered minister, who in March had to formally apologize for misleading Parliament over Taliban suspects captured by Canadian troops and transferred to Afghan authorities.



Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18941690/

[PDJane]

1. Yep.

Our Bush clone is at it again......and there is no mention of DU in our newspapers, anywhere.

Now he wants to "fix" the electoral districts. Does this sound familiar yet?