Afghanistan: Values

1st Battalion PPCLI Dept: Until, that is, I myself almost lost it all in a remote village in Afghanistan on behalf of the values that make us Canadian, values that I now see as under threat not by a foreign force, but by a domestic one, according to The Star. On March 4, 2006, I was part of the 1st Battalion PPCLI battle group in the tiny village of Shinkay, when during a meeting with local elders to discuss their needs for water, housing and education, an insurgent sneaked up behind our group and buried a crude axe in my skull and every generation updates and renews the values that make us who we are. I once found it hard to truly understand what those in my grandfather s generation meant when they spoke of making the ultimate sacrifice in wartime to allow their loved ones back home to live in a democracy. Compared with others who did make the ultimate sacrifice in Afghanistan, like my friend Bill Turner, who took my place in the field, my story has been well publicized . (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.