Master Cpl. Josh Roberts of the 2nd Battalion of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry based out of Shilo, Man
He was involved in a joint operation aimed at disrupting insurgent activity in a rugged farming area when the incident occurred.
There is speculation that a private security company passing by in a convoy may have accidentally opened fire on Canadian troops.
However, Brig.-Gen. Denis Thompson, the Canadian commander in Afghanistan, said he was unable to confirm such reports.
The death of Roberts is being investigated, and until we have conclusive results of the investigation, I can't give you a definitive statement, he told reporters.
Thompson said he didn't have any concerns about the use of security companies in areas where soldiers may have to confront insurgents.
Without private security firms, it would be impossible to achieve what we're achieving here he said. What do you think of Security firms being in the vicinity of military operations??
Since 2002, 89 Canadian soldiers have been killed during the Afghanistan mission.
If it is proven by autopsy that M/Cpl Roberts died from allied fire. I hope that they come to the forefront and admit their mistake. Not that this would ease the loss for the family members.
It is bad enough losing yet another young soldier to the enemy but to an allied unit this is unforgiveable.
To the family, fiancee his yet to be born Child and all loved ones of M/Cpl Roberts I send prayers for his ultimate sacrifice.
I try to limit this Blog to words and stories of our troops both serving and retired. However as a Canadian and a Father I am incensed at the protest at the funeral of a young Canadian Savagely attacked and killed on a greyhound bus. 22-year-old Tim McLean.
Members of a fundamentalist American church group planning to stage a protest at the funeral for a Winnipeg man brutally killed on a Greyhound bus have managed to enter Canada, a spokeswoman told CBC News on Friday.
Canadian border guards are under orders to prevent members of the Westboro Baptist Church, a controversial Kansas-based sect, from entering the country.
The group intends to picket the funeral of 22-year-old Tim McLean to tell Canadians his slaying on July 30 was God's response to Canadian policies enabling abortion, homosexuality and divorce and remarriage.
Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day's office sent an alert to border patrol to look out for people with signs and pamphlets consistent with the messages that the church promotes and to keep them out of the country.
Does this group of Idiotic Zealots not realise that young Mr McLean was either not yet born or very young when the abortion act was passed in Canada. These people should be tarred and feathered and escorted out of Canada their passports, names and identities should be registered at every airport, border crossing and point of entry to Canada.
To Mr McLeans family I sent hearfelt condolences and prayers.
