Status of Women committee  There is a sexual misconduct response line. You can find the number online somewhere. It has tons of resources that can help. I wish I had known about this line. I only found out about it a couple of weeks after I reported. It has its own military police that can help. It has an option to have a third person, so you don't have to be in direct contact with the police.

Status of Women committee  In that sense, things have been rough. I have definitely, since coming forward.... It has been a wild roller coaster, and one that I did not want to be on. In all honesty, as hard as it was, I am glad I went through it. I am, obviously, still going through it. I'm still seeing a therapist.

Status of Women committee  I'm sorry. Could you repeat the first part of the question, please?

Status of Women committee  It was quite a bad welcome to the military. I think the options we have to really look at are training and recruitment. In regard to the NIS, that was one of the interviews that did not go well for me. That was a person who.... I felt I wasn't being heard. I think we really have to take a step back and retrain these people who are supposed to be taking our stories, dealing with them and investigating them.

Status of Women committee  When I was in basic, one of the master corporals told me this and it stuck with me. She said that when you put on this uniform, you feel like you have something to prove. I just want to tell all these women, like my fellow servicewomen and people who are thinking of or have joined up, that you have nothing to prove to anybody.

Status of Women committee  In my personal case, when I reported the incidents that happened to me, on the police reports that they made, where it said who the victim was, all it said was female aviator and my unit. It was confidential in that sense, because that was the same report that the CDS and the commander of the air force read.

Status of Women committee  Not really because I think it's important that the COs understand what's going on in their squadrons and their bases. If they don't know, then they can't fix anything and they can't bring anything up to their own higher-ups in leadership. What I'm saying is maybe to just not include somebody's squadron or something, because I think the statistics are still important.

Status of Women committee  Honestly, I think people think it's okay because it's been going on for so long and nobody's corrected them. As Lieutenant Macdonald mentioned, there is a boys' club. It is filled with type-A personality jocks who have a pack mentality, who stay together and who want to stick up for each other.

Status of Women committee  Hi and thank you, Madam Chair, for the opportunity to speak to you today about my own personal experiences with sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces. I joined the Canadian Armed Forces in July of 2018. Since then, I feel like I've experienced a lifetime's worth of sexual assault and misconduct.