Mr. Speaker, what is even more worrisome about the management of the allegations of sexual assault in the armed forces is the lack of leadership shown by successive Conservative defence ministers.
The situation is even worse than we thought. The Department of National Defence is three years behind in reporting its crime statistics to Parliament. An external audit will not do.
The minister needs to step up and stop passing the buck to the Chief of the Defence Staff. When will he appear before the committee and appoint a judicial inquiry to look into these serious allegations?