Fallen troops coverage ban stirs Canada debate (CNN)

[eppur_se_muova]

Wednesday, April 26, 2006; Posted: 2:58 p.m. EDT (18:58 GMT)

(CNN) -- The public's right to know versus concern for family privacy has taken center stage in Canada following the government's ban on media coverage on the return of fallen troops from Afghanistan.

The new Conservative government barred the media from military ceremonies Tuesday at a Trenton, Ontario, air base, where the coffins of four troops killed in Afghanistan arrived last weekend.

The government also has decided to fly Canadian flags at half-staff only on Remembrance Day, celebrated November 11, for military fatalities, not each time a soldier dies.

The moves set off debate this week in Parliament in Ottawa on whether the government's actions are motivated by a desire to downplay bad news.
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more: http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/04/26/canada.deaths/index.html

"Concern for family privacy" my butt.:eyes: This is about sweeping inconvenient facts under the rug. Out of sight, out of mind. These "Cons" have been studying **'s NeoCon tactics closely. Hope Canucks know better than to keep this gov't in power.

[KingFlorez]

1. It's a disgusting action

It shows they have no respect for soldiers who are killed

[rodeodance]

2. i hope they make a big stir (not like the US--who for most part rolled ove