Mr. Speaker, Canada's charter makes it very clear that every individual is equal before and under the law, and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age, or mental or physical disability.
My colleague from Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound put out an excellent article on this issue. It said:
Our country and all Canadians need an effective and well-led military to face ever-evolving and complex global conflicts. We cannot be strong at home when leaders fail the women and men under their command, nor can we be engaged in the world without leveraging every competent, willing, and capable Canadian who enrols into the military.
When we have phenomenal leaders such as Lieutenant-Colonel Eleanor Taylor retiring in disgust, we understand that issues with the military need to be fixed and need to be fixed now.