Mr. Speaker, it is clearly a policy that it will be tolerated unless discovered and brought to the light of day.
We know the military justice system simply has not protected women. Yet the minister wants to keep sexual assault cases in military courts and away from civilian courts.
Under the military system women have been subjected to ongoing reprisals rather than redress. They have been victimized again and again.
Why should women trust a military justice system that has consistently failed them?