A former sergeant with the Canadian Armed Forces is suing the federal government for nearly $3 million alleging unfair treatment after he reported the killing of civilians during the war in Afghanistan.
A Canadian flag sits on a Canadian Armed Forces member's uniform in Trenton, Ont., Oct. 16, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg
The lawsuit filed in Quebec Superior Court on Oct. 8 alleges the ex-soldier's rights were violated after he told his chain of command about the"execution of Afghan civilians" by members of his unit and by a foreign government agency between 2005 and 2008 during the Afghanistan war. The statement of claim says Lepage personally witnessed several more civilian deaths in January 2008 when a foreign government agency executed a wounded Afghan civilian in a mission that ended with three civilians dead. Later that month, Lepage spoke with a colonel about unjustified violence perpetrated on civilians.
Lepage alleges he was forced out of the unit and his salary was halved because of his attempts to call out"aggressiveness" toward Afghan civilians. He says he was forced into early retirement in 2012 for medical reasons.
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