Short but Sweet

The Harper government has decided to bar the Canadian public from viewing
today's ceremony to repatriate the remains of four soldiers killed in
Afghanistan on the weekend, evoking parallels with the Bush administration's
controversial policy of barring photographs of the coffins of U.S. soldiers
killed in Iraq.

The statement from Mr. O'Connor's office said the decision was made "on behalf of the Government of Canada."
Knowledgeable military officials, who were not authorized to speak to journalists, said they were not aware of any specific privacy requests that came from the Canadian Forces.