OTTAWA — Conservatives are calling for the reversal of a military directive they say inappropriately censors religious speech at public commemorations.

New Brunswick Conservative MP Mike Dawson said it was an affront to the memory of the fallen that the Chaplain General’s 2023 Direction on Chaplain’s Spiritual Reflection in Public Settings is still in place.

“I am ashamed that our government intends to restrict public expressions of faith in our military, or in plain terms, to ban prayer. It is cowardice to ask our sons and daughters to put themselves in harm’s way but refuse them the right to express their faith in God. To deny those who provide our freedom the right to openly pray is an insult to those who never came home,” Dawson told the House of Commons .

The directive, issued

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