Crank calls to military families 'amoral': MacKay

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Crank calls to military families 'amoral': MacKay

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 | 11:58 AM ET CBC News

Recent crank calls to military families claiming a family member had been killed

in Afghanistan are " insensitive, amoral and disgusting, " Defence Minister

MacKay said Wednesday.

MacKay made the comments after at least three military families at CFB

Valcartier were targeted, with one wife being told her husband had been killed

by a roadside bomb.

Military police are looking for the person responsible and say he or she could

face jail time if caught.

Speaking to reporters on Parliament Hill, MacKay said anyone caught would be

prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

The CBC's Hannah Thibedeau reported that the military is seeking to remind

families that it doesn't deliver such news over the phone. It is also sending

letters to families, particularly families of new soldiers, outlining military

protocols.

CFB Valcartier's family centre is offering counseling to families who have been

targeted.