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     . . .  In all levels of government and in all branches of government.   
      
   Only when the Military Police Complaints Commission announced it was   
   going to court did the Provost Marshal agree to lift the secret   
   designation in Cpl. Stuart Langridge's case.   
      
   This young man left a note before he committed suicide.  The Military   
   Police hid the note from the man's parents.  They violated his wished   
   for his funeral.   
   Now they're 'issuing an apology' - but rejecting any recommendations for   
   change ?!   
      
   Compare this lack of accountability to what Harper is trying to do to   
   this country with his Bill C-51.  This is the tip of a huge iceberg.   
   Remember the Titanic.   
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   CBC News Posted: Mar 10, 2015   
      
   Cpl. Stuart Langridge's suicide mishandled by military, report finds   
      
   Military Police Complaints Commission report says military's response   
   offers no plan to improve   
      
      
   A Military Police Complaints Commission report on the investigations   
   into the suicide of Cpl. Stuart Langridge details a list of errors and   
   failures by the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service,   
   including a decision to withhold a suicide note he had addressed to his   
   family.   
      
   As a result, Langridge's wishes for his funeral were not respected, and   
   his parents were denied control over funeral arrangements. Instead, the   
   military designated Langridge's ex-girlfriend his next of kin.   
      
   Langridge, a veteran of missions in Bosnia and Afghanistan, killed   
   himself at CFB Edmonton in 2008. After lengthy delays, the MPCC's   
   hearings into the military's handling of their investigations wrapped up   
   in January, 2013.   
      
   The MPCC report released today says military police investigators were   
   so incompetent in their initial suicide investigation that the force   
   should not be trusted with sudden death investigations.   
      
   The force also totally failed to investigate why the funeral and suicide   
   note were so mishandled, and whether negligence on the part of   
   Langridge's superiors had contributed to his death.  They then told his   
   parents, Sheila and Shaun Fynes, in writing that they had conducted "two   
   detailed and comprehensive investigations," the MPCC report says.   
      
   "The commission also concluded there were unacceptable errors,   
   reflecting lack of professionalism and/or lack of competence, in the way   
   the military police interacted and communicated with the Fynes,   
   particularly in connection with Cpl. Langridge’s suicide note.  The   
   suicide note was wrongly withheld from the Fynes for 14 months.   The   
   reasons for this were never properly explained to them," MPCC chair   
   Glenn Stannard said.   
      
      
   Secrecy 'unacceptable'   
      
   The MPCC says when it presented its interim findings and recommendations   
   to the Canadian Forces, the military's provost marshal broke with   
   accepted practice by declaring the military's response secret.   
      
   When the MPCC threatened court action, the military then offered to lift   
   the secret designation in return for a promise that the MPCC would not   
   publish the response as part of its report, though that has always been   
   standard practice.   
      
   Only when the MPCC announced it was going to court did the provost   
   marshal agree to lift the secret designation last Friday.   
      
   But the MPCC is still concerned that the provost marshal claims to be   
   entitled to control what the commission can and cannot do with the   
   response, including imposing conditions or blocking publication entirely.   
      
   "This is unacceptable," Stannard said.   
      
   "The commission will therefore continue with its application to Federal   
   Court to challenge the [provost marshal's] policy."   
      
      
   'Failed to respond'   
      
   The MPCC says the military's response to its report seeks to evade the   
   most important issues, offers no plan to improve its behaviour in the   
   future, and suggests the military police intend to make no significant   
   changes.   
      
   "The military police has, with a few minor exceptions, either rejected   
   or failed to respond to the commission’s findings and recommendations,"   
   Stannard said.   
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   A statement by the provost marshal, Col. Rob Delaney, said he is   
   committed to reviewing and "implementing those recommendations necessary   
   to maintain the level of excellence" of the military police.   
      
   "I would like to also offer my sincere apologies to Mr. and Mrs. Fynes.   
     As grieving parents, they came to us with several complaints to be   
   investigated and we failed to live up to their expectations.  Today, the   
   MPCC highlighted numerous mistakes in the conduct of these   
   investigations," Delaney said.   
      
   		    Read the full MPCC report and responses   
      
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