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It's been several years now since sexual abuse in Canada's Armed Forces has been outed as a serious problem. In those several years, nothing of significance was done to address the problem. An inquiry a few years ago was completely ignored. Was that because the CDS (Chief of Defence Staff) himself was an abuser? He was, and the government knew it but ignored the accusations and even gave him a big bonus one year.
Now, his abuse victims have come forward and demanded justice. CDS Jonathon Vance was forced into retirement. His case is being investigated again.
Meanwhile, Admiral Art McDonald was named as his replacement in December 2020. In February, he stepped down as CDS because of allegations of sexual abuse.
Also in February, parliamentary hearings began into allegations that Vance was accused in 2018 of sexual misconduct, but the government hid the accusations and gave Vance a bonus.
It became known in those hearings that the military Ombudsman took proof of Vance's misconduct to the Minister of Defence, Harjit Sajjan, who refused to listen and immediately threw the ombudsman out of his office.
Further research found that the accusations made it all the way to the PMO, the Prime Minister's Office and his chief advisor. It appears his advisors didn't think it was important enough to tell the PM. Trudeau came out recently and explained that no one knew that the misconduct accusations against Vance were of a sexual nature. No one seemed curious enough to find out. Misconduct must not be a very significant issue in Prime Minister Trudeau's office. Certainly, we know that Trudeau is not addicted to telling the truth. Like most far-left politicians, he goes by the motto: The end justifies the means.
At this point, the Liberals shut down the committee investigating the issue. The Conservative (Opposition) Party is demanding it resume the committee and require Trudeau's advisor, Katie Telford, to appear for questioning.
Now, our hapless Defence Minister has called for another investigation into the issue of sexual abuse in the military. They had one just a few years ago and largely ignored the recommendations. Consequently, sexual abuse continued to increase. How could it not when the top brass were allegedly practicing abusers?
His reasoning for calling another investigation is so they can commit themselves to implement all the recommendations. Really, it is probably just an attempt to mothball the issue while the Liberals call an election. There is no reason why they can't just implement the recommendations of the last inquiry.
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