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  • Journalist Canadian) suspended for pro-war letter

    09/09/2006 11:46:25 AM PDT · by Murtyo · 14 replies · 486+ views
    RTE (Irish Public Broadcasting) News ^ | 09 September 2006 15:51
    One of Canada's top television reporters has been suspended from her job for praising the country's increasingly troubled military mission in Afghanistan. Christine St-Pierre, a veteran Ottawa correspondent for French-language public broadcaster Radio-Canada, wrote an open letter to Canada's 2,300 troops telling them to ignore mounting criticism of the mission. Five Canadian soldiers were killed last weekend, prompting ever louder calls for Ottawa to review the mission. One opposition party wants the troops to come back next February, two years ahead of schedule. Advertisement The letter was published in Montreal's La Presse newspaper on Thursday. Radio-Canada suspended her for breaching...