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Defence chief vowed to get tough on sexual misconduct hours before stepping down Chief Admiral Art McDonald, who had only been in the top military job since Jan. 14, sent a message Wednesday to all Canadian Forces personnel across the country to come forward and speak up about alleged misconduct. Author of the article: David Pugliese  •  Ottawa Citizen Publishing date: Feb 25, 2021  •  February 25, 2021  •  3 minute read The Canadian Forces National Investigation Service confirmed it has launched an investigation into Admiral Art McDonald. Photo by Andrew Vaughan /THE CANA...

The latest allegations of sexual misconduct by Canada’s former top soldier show the need for a completely independent organization that military victims can go…

The recommendation was first made six years ago, when the Armed Forces was last struggling with allegations of a toxic, sexualized culture

The audit was launched in the wake of a 2017 Team Canada trip dubbed by some military officers as the “party flight."

The organization responsible for a drunken VIP junket that resulted in the sexual assault of a Canadian Forces flight attendant had been operating for years without proper oversight, according to a defence department audit. Department of National Defence auditors pointed to a lack of formal controls on some of the activities of the PR Operations Program, which operates out of the military’s Ottawa headquarters. “Without formal administrative...