Canada's new Conservative government banned the media from showing live images of the flag-draped coffins of four Canadian soldiers when their bodies were returned from Afghanistan.
The families of at least two soldiers said they were disturbed by the media blackout and the lack of lowered flags.
The government has stopped lowering flags to half-staff outside Parliament each time a Canadian soldier is killed, prompting Liberal Party members to accuse Prime Minister Stephen Harper of trying to play down the human cost of the Canadian mission. Fifteen Canadians have been killed.
