In Memorium

This past Saturday, four Canadian soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. The news reports said that this was the largest single day of combat fatalities since the Royal Canadian Regiment took serious losses in the Korean War. It brings the total Canadian death toll in Afghanistan to 15 soldiers and 1 diplomat.

The dead deserve to be called by name one more time:

• Corporal Matthew Dinning
• Bombadier Myles Mansell
• Corporal Randy Payne
• Lieutenant William Turner

Remembrance Day will be even more poignant this year than in past years, because the list of names to be carved on cenotaphs is growing. My thoughts are with the families of the men who gave their lives for their country, and with the men and women of the Canadian Forces who serve our country throughout the world.