Posted: Apr 14, 2021 6:00 AM MT | Last Updated: April 14
Members of a unit from the 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group take part in a recent exercise. Up to 2,500 Edmonton soldiers will participate in two large-scale exercises at CFB Wainwright this spring. (1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group)
As a female veteran observing reports of sexual misconduct among senior Canadian Armed Forces officers, I have been forced to make sense of my own experience.
Over the years, I witnessed firsthand the culture of secrecy and adultery that isn’t spoken of outside military circles. Everyone knows it happens, yet everyone remains quiet. The “no fraternization” policy is treated as a suggestion and rarely enforced. It is widely understood that “what happens in deployment, exercise or training, stays there.”
Something is wrong with Canada’s military. From the recent testimony given in parliamentary committee on the handling of the Gen. Jonathan Vance investigation, to a senior military commander being under investigation after being accused of sexually assaulting a subordinate, and the Liberal government’s recent shutdown of the probe into sexual misconduct. My doctoral research since leaving the military has led me to conclude that the military unconsciously fosters a cul
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