Again, the military experience is a microcosm of the rest of what Canadian families are experiencing, and we still have a long way to go with respect to sexual harassment in the workplace, sexual trauma in the workplace, sexual assault, and sexual abuse. We have a long way to go outside the military as well as inside the military. It's a big issue that needs to be considered, and when it is considered outside, we need to consider and not forget that the military experience may be a little bit different. When we're dealing with sexual abuse or sexual harassment in the workplace, we can't just assume that necessarily all the military or veteran cases will fall under what our understanding of what sexual abuse is, because the military is quite different in its hierarchy and its structure and its codes. We can't make the assumption that if we deal with it outside, it will be dealt with inside; but you can't deal with it inside without dealing with it outside.
On September 22nd, 2016. See this statement in context.