Anand says she accepts need to hand military sexual misconduct cases to civilians
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The Canadian Forces is in the midst of what experts call an existential "crisis" over sexual misconduct allegations against senior leaders.
Defence Minister Anita Anand says she has “accepted in full” a recommendation from a former Supreme Court justice that military sexual misconduct cases must be handled by civilians, not military investigators.
“I have accepted in full Madame Arbour’s recommendations to move the investigation & prosecution of sexual misconduct cases to the civilian system,” said Anand in a tweet on Thursday.
“The Canadian Armed Forces are working with federal, provincial & territorial partners to implement these interim recommendations.”
More to come.
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