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Rob Nicholson to apologize for dead soldier's 1-cent cheque

Call arranged with Cpl. Justin Stark's mother for Thursday, minister tells Commons

By Adam Carter, CBC News Posted: Mar 05, 2014 5:23 PM ET| Last Updated: Mar 06, 2014 10:56 AM ET

This one-cent cheque, dated Feb. 28, was sent to the home of Cpl. Justin Stark. The 22-year-old committed suicide in 2011 in Hamilton.


National Defence Minister Rob Nicholson will apologize to the mother of a dead Hamilton soldier who went public with her story this week that the government had sent her dead son a cheque for one cent.

Nicholson told the House of Commons Wednesday that his staff had arranged a call for Thursday.

The issue was first raised in question period Tuesday in the Commons. Cpl. Justin Stark, a 22-year-old infantry soldier with the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada, killed himself in the John W. Foote VC Armouries in Hamilton in October 2011. (more below)



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