Liberals spent $50,376 on Afghan monument ceremony, gave combat veterans no speaking role

Liberals spent $50,376 on Afghan monument ceremony, gave combat veterans no speaking role

Subhead:Speakers included Veterans Affairs Minister Jill McKnight, Algonquin Chief Greg Sarazin, council member Anita Tenasco, a Canadian Armed Forces chaplain and sculptor Adrian Stimson.#   Ottawa spent $50,376 on a 40-minute groundbreaking ceremony for Canada’s Afghanistan mission monument but gave no formal speaking roles to Afghanistan combat veterans or relatives of fallen soldiers, according to records reported by Blacklock’s Reporter. Ve…