In this LeDrew rant, Stephen LeDrew takes aim at what he calls the latest “Carney Caper” — a Canadian Armed Forces directive that forbids the use of the word “God,” including during services led by military chaplains.
LeDrew argues that this is another example of government creep and a broader unwillingness to defend Canada’s own history, traditions and institutions. He contrasts the treatment of Christian language with the accommodation of other religious and cultural practices, asking why Canadian leaders seem so afraid that someone might be offended.
He also revisits proposed federal workplace language rules, the decline of once-traditional institutions and similar controversies overseas involving national flags and cultural identity.
This is a rant about free expression, religion, national confidence and whether Canada has become too frightened to stand up for its own traditions.
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