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First Response

I received my first response today to the letter I wrote regarding Canada’s treatment of prisoners: a postcard from the Minister of Defence.

The card, which is actually from the Minister’s Correspondence Unit at National Defence Headquarters, is handsomely emblazoned with the coat of arms of the Canadian Forces on one side and says this on the other:

Acknowledgement

This is to confirm that the Minister of National Defence has received your recent correspondence.

Gee, thanks.

One Response to “First Response”
  1. Ryan:

    March 20th, 2006 at 12:42 pm

    I’ve waited over six months for a reply from the DND. On a more positive note, I’ve received two long, personal emails from two different Ministers for National Defence (both Liberal). Granted, they were heavy on Liberal stockphrases, but I kind of have a theory that politicians eventually start thinking in marketingspeke and lose the ability to communicate differently.

    Here’s a letter I sent to Minister Bill Graham in late 2004:

    http://www3.sympatico.ca/taylormcgreal/lettertobillgraham.html


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