That's a great question.
Certainly I grew up in the eighties and nineties, having joined in 1982, and I was certainly cognizant of the times when LGBTQ members were sought after and made to release from the Canadian military back in the nineties. I certainly was aware of it. I was fairly young at the time and didn't know what to make of it, to be completely honest.
As I got further and further along in my military career, I like to think that my own tolerance and patience level was fairly good, in that the interactions I had were hopefully positive.
But I have to be honest. I was not aware of many specific incidents that I had actually seen. I had members come to see me, even as late as 2016 or 2017, about the ways that they were treated, in the hopes that I would be able to help them, and I hope that I was actually able to help them. In some cases, I'm still in conversations with them.
I think the system or the organization or the institution is better suited to deal with these sorts of complaints. However, today the report came out and the minister was very clear, and so were the working group members, that the recommendations that have been made for years and years just haven't been applied. I would say that's probably correct.