The road to official Hero status for a member of the Canadian Armed Forces is simple. Enlist, get sent overseas, step on a landmine or an IED or take one in the noggin from a sniper. Come home in a bag. Viola! You’ve made it!
You’re a hero now. Your hometown will name a street after you. Don Cherry will remember you on Coaches Corner. Then you’ll be dead for the rest of your life.
Turns out not all Canadian heroes are equal, however. If you happened to get married before you stepped on that IED your spouse collects a cool quarter million death benefit, even if you tied the knot the day before you were deployed.
If you and your soulmate and partner of many years never made it official, they’re out of luck.
Those Canadians, eh!
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