The Canadian Journalism Foundation will be hosting an event on Thursday, Dec. 7 on the media and the military.

The discussion will focus on the disconnect between reporting on the mission and the public's opinion of it.

Panelists include Lt.-Gen. Andrew Leslie, chief of staff for land forces for the Canadian armed forces; John Wright, pollster with Ipsos-Reid; and Lisa LaFlamme, national affairs correspondent for CTV News. She's spent some time in Afghanistan.

LaFlamme, a senior colleague at CTV News, recently received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Wilfred Laurier University.

Congrats, Lisa! (just checking to see if you're reading! :) )

General Aminullah Amrkhel claims he was too good at his job of arresting smugglers at Kabul's airport, and that organized crime figures had him forced out of his job.