Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for appearing here today and for your testimony.
General, you are the director general of professional military conduct, a recent new structure.
This past Tuesday we had the provost marshal appear before the committee. He informed us that he reports to the vice-chief of the defence staff, who in turn reports to the chief of the defence staff. He also insisted that his office and those under his command are independent.
However, there have been reports in the media of investigation by the CFNIS having been “interfered” with by senior officers. We understand that on paper the provost marshals are able to say they are independent. Given that they are ranked officers in the military and that there are media reports of interference with investigations, what would you recommend so that you not only can say they are independent, and also that they appear to the members of the military and Canadians as actually independent too?