The first danger, said Hansen, is to the military's talent pool — the skills and talents that are lost when victims start to wonder how they can remain loyal to an institution that allows misconduct to go unchecked, and decide to quit.
When institutional problems like the sexual misconduct crisis persist, Hansen said, serving members start to ask themselves how far they're willing to go to follow a leader. An all-volunteer force can't expect civilians to sign up if they don't trust the chain of command.
Leaked, unconfirmed stories have suggested that the Liberal government is considering setting up an independent office to handle misconduct claims — and could even establish an independent inspector general for the military, as other countries have done.
How serious the federal government is about those ideas remains an open question.
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