Hateful conduct reports in Canadian military rising after years of decline
Global News
Data from the Department of National Defence has both former military members and outside experts warning of a persisting issue of extremism in the Canadian Armed Forces.
The Canadian military saw a rise in reported incidents of hateful conduct last year, reversing a years-long trend of declining reports, internal data suggests.
The data, obtained by Global News from the Department of National Defence (DND), has both former military members and outside experts warning of a persisting issue of extremism in the Canadian Armed Forces and society at large despite years of work to confront it.
“The Canadian Forces has always had a problem with racism, sexism and other toxic ideologies,” said Walter Callaghan, adding it’s part of what ultimately drove him away from the military in 2010 after nearly a decade serving as a medic.
“It’s just the nature of an institution that is this old, that is so enmeshed in the foundation of Canada.”
The data comes from the Hateful Conduct Incident Tracking System (HCITS), established to track incidents reported to the chain of command involving military members.
Last year, 54 incidents were reported to the HCITS, almost double the 31 incidents reported in 2023.
The number of hateful conduct incidents reported so far this year — 34 — has already surpassed that 2023 number, according to the data.
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