Mrs. Gallant, if you read my text and you see that a conviction rate in summary trial is 97.68%, if you want me to conclude that it is fair when the 97.68% conviction rate was arrived at without presence of counsel, rules of evidence, transcript, or the right to appeal, then we have a different standard as to what fairness is.
If we are to be fair and just with our soldiers, it does not hurt us and will not hurt military justice to provide them with a full panoply of their rights so they can exercise them, and if someone is proven guilty at the end, he will get a just sentence.
You say “minor offences”. For somebody to be sentenced to 30 days' detention—and it's not a walk in the park—is not the result of minor offences—at least, the sentencing officers did not have that particular view.