http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/soldier...cide-1.1713967
Christina Commisso
Published Tuesday, March 4, 2014 5:52PM EST
Last Updated Tuesday, March 4, 2014 7:40PM EST
Defence Minister Rob Nicholson is apologizing to the family of Canadian soldier who recently received a cheque for one cent from the Canadian government, three years after the 22-year-old died of suicide.
Cpl. Justin Stark died of suicide inside Hamilton's John W. Foote VC Armouries in October 2011 months after completing a seven-month tour of Afghanistan.
Stark’s family received a cheque from the federal government – labelled as “release pay” – just days ago.
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Cpl. Justin Stark is pictured in this undated photo.
Nicholson called the cheque "absolutely ridiculous" and blamed it on an "insensitive bureaucratic screw up."
Speaking during daily question period in the House of Commons Tuesday, Hamilton East-Stoney Creek MP Wayne Marston said Stark's mother sat through "endless tribunals while the military decided whether or not his death was work-related."
He added: "After all his mothe
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