The women who came forward to the committee are frustrated, dispirited and angry. In the words of Christine Wood, representing a group that led a class-action lawsuit against the federal government over sexual violence in the Armed Forces, “It is outrageous that two chiefs of the defense (staff) have faced allegations within weeks of each other, but it is even more outrageous to accept that one thousand and six hundred people report a sexual assault on average every year within the CAF.”
It is indeed. It is equally frustrating that a government and prime minister that continually flaunt their feminist credentials are failing to tackle misogyny and harassment within one of this country’s most important institutions. Canada’s military has an abysmal record on sexual misconduct and violence, dating back well before the current Liberal regime.
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