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Fears of a Chinese attack on Taiwan are growing; Russian troops have massed on Ukraineâs border; both countries are âpre-positioningâ for any future conflict by launching cyber-attacks, according to the most recent official risk assessment. Yet, as these threats evolve, Canadaâs military leadership is said to be petrified, in every sense of the word, by the sexual misconduct crisis that has engulfed the armed forces.
âItâs turmoil. Every senior uniform person has got their head down and is just hoping for the best,â said one person with intimate knowledge of the Department of National Defence. âItâs as bad, if not worse, than the Somali affair (the 1993 military scandal) and the decade of darkness that derailed the Defence department after it. Itâs a big worry from a national security point of view.â
Posted: May 02, 2021 11:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 2 We have to get this right, Sajjan says
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10:30Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan told CBC s chief political correspondent, Rosemary Barton, that the federal government will not wait for the completed report into sexual misconduct in the Canadian military to start implementing changes.10:30
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says the federal government is prepared to implement profound reforms to how the military deals with sexual misconduct within its ranks, after it ordered yet another external review of the issue. The reason we re conducting this review is because the changes that we re looking at are going to need to be far greater. It s possible changes are going to happen in organizational changes, where authorities will need to change. There possibly might be legislative changes as well, Sajjan said in an interview that aired Sunday on
Growing anger over the actions of a general who supported a sex offender has prompted an apology from the country’s top soldier on how the situation was…
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Defence Minister Sajjan questions judgment of general who provided character reference for sex offender Acting chief of the defence staff, meanwhile, praises Maj.-Gen. Peter Dawe, the head of Canadian special forces, as an outstanding leader
Author of the article: David Pugliese • Ottawa Citizen
Publishing date: Apr 30, 2021 • April 30, 2021 • 3 minute read At a press conference Thursday, Minister of National Defence Harjit Sajjan announces further measures to deal with misconduct in the military. Photo by Sean Kilpatrick /The Canadian Press
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Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says he has serious concerns with the judgment shown by a general in producing a glowing character reference for a sex offender who attacked a female soldier.