News From the Cause
Parents of dead soldier felt deceived, marginalized by military (Part 2): (Ottawa Citizen)
June 22, 2009
A week after they buried their son, Sheila and Shaun Fynes received a letter from National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa. They opened it and were stunned by the first sentence: "I hope this letter finds you in good health and spirits." The letter was an invitation from the director of casualty support to complete a survey about how the military treated the family. Included were questions about the family's experience in CFB Trenton, Ont., the base where the bodies of soldiers, killed in Afghanistan, arrive by aircraft. The Fynes had never been to Trenton. [click here to view] (http://www.canada.com/news/Parents+dead+soldier+felt+deceived+marginalized+military/1718601/story.html)
