I must take exception to letter writer Douglass Grant's criticism of Rick Hillier's selection as a nation builder (Prorogation Vacation - Jan. 4). Through his efforts to reinvigorate our formerly dispirited, financially starved armed forces, the straight-talking former chief of the defence staff is an outstanding example of a nation builder as defined by The Globe and Mail.
One doesn't have to agree with what Mr. Hillier or any of the other distinguished Canadians chosen as builders have achieved in order to recognize the magnitude of their accomplishments.