Military chaplains participating in upcoming Remembrance Day ceremonies are still prohibited from reciting a prayer, a year after the new policy caused a stir.
After the introduction of the new directive in October 2023, backlash had caused Chaplain General Brig.-Gen. Guy Bélisle to permit a one-time use of the previous policy allowing prayer for Remembrance Day that year. Bélisle also said he would strike a committee to review the new policy.
A year later, the committee has yet to make recommendations. Chaplains have also been reminded this week there will be no exceptions granted for this year’s Remembrance Day, according to internal emails from Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) chaplains in leadership positions seen by The Epoch Times….