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In today s Morning Brief, we have an interview with Canada s deputy minister of National Defence, who says the government failed to properly implement recommendations from a landmark report on sexual misconduct in the military six years ago.
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Posted: May 25, 2021 6:46 AM ET | Last Updated: May 25
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Ottawa failed to properly implement sexual misconduct report, top Defence civil servant says
Canada s deputy minister of National Defence says the military s operation to end sexual misconduct in its ranks lost its way because the government failed to properly implement recommendations from a landmark report into the issue six years ago.
Posted: May 25, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 25
Top Defence bureaucrat concedes military didn t truly implement recommendations from misconduct report
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1:54Canada s deputy minister of National Defence, Jody Thomas, says the military s operation to end sexual misconduct in its ranks lost its way because the government failed to properly implement recommendations from a landmark report into the issue six years ago.1:54
Canada s deputy minister of National Defence says the military s operation to end sexual misconduct in its ranks lost its way because the government failed to properly implement recommendations from a landmark report into the issue six years ago.
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No one listened to her, of course, but it was tune-out time, as in the last days of former prime minister Stephen Harper’s reign.
Asked why the Liberals felt it was necessary to undergo the new process as was done in 2015 and are now bringing in retired Supreme Court jurist Louise Arbour, Sajjan said Deschamps’ report highlighted the problems “but more work needs to be done.”
“We clearly have not gone far enough, and the last few months have actually showed that, and this is not just a review, what this is, is looking at exactly what an external process would look like that would give confidence,” he said, adding that the recommendations they have moved on “haven’t worked.”
OTTAWA The federal defence minister says what was known in March 2018 about the nature of the complaint levied against former defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance “does not matter.” In an interview on CTV’s Question Period airing Sunday, Harjit Sajjan says what’s of more value is the steps that were taken after the report was brought to light by former military ombudsman Gary Walbourne. “It does not matter what the complaint actually was, a complaint was brought forward about the chief of defence staff, and at that time what we needed to do was take immediate action so that could be looked into properly, and that was done,” said Sajjan.
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