Monday, December 8, 2008

REMEMBRANCE

Today, members of the Toronto Police Service’s Winged Wheels had the honour of escorting the bodies of Canada’s most recent fallen soldiers and their families to the Coroner’s Office.

Today, members of the Toronto Police Service will be reflecting on those Canadians who have lost their life in the service of their country.

As I wrote in a previous blog last Remembrance Day, I will be thinking about the numerous members of the Toronto Police Service who have contributed to promoting peace worldwide, in keeping with Canada as a peacekeeping nation, supporting the cause of democracy and human rights in other countries.

My condolences on behalf of the Toronto Police Services Board go to all families who have lost loved ones in the service to their city and their country.

EPITAPH ON AN ARMY OF MERCENARIES
A.E. Housman

These, in the day when heaven was falling,
The hour when Earth's foundations fled,
Followed their mercenary calling
And took their wages and are dead.

Their shoulders held the sky suspended;
They stood, and earth's foundations stay;
What God abandoned, these defended,
And saved the sum of things for pay.