Shocking title I know, but it should be, because that's the question going before a committee in Parliament in regards to the bereavement benefit for when a soldier is killed in combat.
For those unfamiliar, if a married soldier is killed, normally the Government of Canada will provide $250,000 to the spouse and dependent children. This policy exists to help support a family who just lost half of their earnings due to the military placing the soldier in harm's way. Single soldiers, who have no such responsibilities, have no such benefit paid out.
Errol Cushley says this is discrimination.
Mr. Cushley, along with two other sets of greedy parents, have filed grievances in order to get paid for their children's deaths. But they swear it's not about the money, it's about equal treatment for single soldiers who have no one to benefit from their death other than, say, greedy parents.
It is a true tragedy when a soldier is killed in the line of duty, and we as a nation mourn their passing. But should we, as a nation, pay these filthy opportunists who think they should get tax payer dollars when their children die? Does that mean that children could now be sold off to the military on the off chance that, say, little Billy takes an IED to the face and thereby give their lucky parents a quarter of a million dollars to pad their retirement fund with?
Seriously, this makes me sick. These soldiers were recognized as heroes, awarded medals for their sacrifice, buried with all the honours they deserved. They were not discriminated against, in life or in death. Just because they never married does not mean they are deserving of money earmarked for supporting dependents of a married soldier.
Get your hands off our money, Mr. Cushley. Go work instead of crying unfair that you can't line your pockets with the blood money of your son's sacrifice!
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