The Minister of Defence has committed to following all the recommendations of Justice Arbour's report, but it's a bigger issue. They've taken it out of the military justice system for assaults. Those sent to the civilian police forces...they don't have the capacity to deal with it.
They're very complicated investigations when it comes to sexual assault. I needed my career because my father died prematurely. I needed the money. I was smart enough to recognize that any sign of weakness is capitalized on, so I wasn't going to let them see me.... I never commented on this for 30 years, until the class action sent me a bunch of paperwork and asked me to fill it out.
Needing a career is.... I needed the money, and I had something to prove: that I was capable and I was smart.
When I go to the reunion with General Hillier's staff in Ottawa in the fall, they will be shocked if they ask me, and I ask them directly, because nobody has heard these stories.
I don't know what to say.