Committee Reviewing Military Chaplains’ Prayer Ban at Official Ceremonies Has No Defined Objectives, Deadlines: Document

Committee Reviewing Military Chaplains’ Prayer Ban at Official Ceremonies Has No Defined Objectives, Deadlines: Document
A Canadian Armed Forces chaplain conducts a memorial wreath dedication held by members of the United States Coast Guard International Ice Patrol at a Titanic memorial service in Halifax on April 15, 2010. The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan
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The Canadian Armed Forces struck a committee last year to review a new controversial directive prohibiting military chaplains from reciting prayers during mandatory ceremonies, but it has been moving at a slow pace and without defined objectives, a government document shows.

The committee was established in February “following feedback from stakeholders” and has met twice since, wrote the minister of national defence in a reply to an order paper question from Conservative Senator Don Plett.