Thank you. I'm happy to start, and then certainly my colleagues can jump in.
The conduct of the Canadian Armed Forces in what they do on behalf of this country is critical. If there is a lack of trust in the person you're working beside, and if there is a corrosive and toxic behaviour within the chain of command, it profoundly affects operational effectiveness, as the vice chief of the defence staff just said, so we take this very seriously.
Our armed forces have to be able to operate in any sort of condition anywhere around the world. People have to feel safe within that function so that they can go and do their jobs as we expect them to. While this is a problem in many institutions and in many aspects of society, we feel that the Canadian Armed Forces has to be a healthy and safe workplace. If people are subject to that range of behaviours from inappropriate comments that become degrading and toxic over time to assault, which is a criminal offence, that's not acceptable in the chain of command. It's not acceptable in the workplace. It's not acceptable at National Defence headquarters.
The function of the department and the functioning of the people who work in it are dependent on a safe workplace. Operation Honour is critical to making the workers safe.