Status of Women committee  Indeed, it doesn't stop us from taking action and taking steps on changes that we know we need to take. The priority is to review the mechanisms and structure for handling complaints, which is, in my opinion, the priority and the one referred to in the survivors' testimonies. Th

Status of Women committee  Madam Chair, the approach we want to take with this new organization is, while we are listening and learning, we want to start working on the problem at the same time. A priority of mine will be to conduct a review of the complaints system. As Dr. West has been explaining, it

Status of Women committee  Long term, we're going to realign our policies and programs that address all kinds of misconduct within DND and the CAF. Again, we want to improve the ways that systemic misconduct is reported. I also want to be in the space of prevention. We want to make sure that we create an e

Status of Women committee  Improving the training has always been a part of the lessons learned throughout this process. As we deliver a training package, there's also an assessment on the receptivity and on whether the training actually achieves the objectives we're looking for. This is fed back into the

Status of Women committee  I can answer this question. The education on CAF values and ethos starts at the recruit schools. All recruits, both officers and non-commissioned members, receive training on the profession of arms, the Canadian military ethos and diversity. On top of this, they all receive trai

Status of Women committee  There is mandated training that happens after recruit training is over via the various units throughout the Canadian Armed Forces. What we are observing, however, is that the training is not actually achieving the aim of reducing misconduct in any type of way, so we will have to

Status of Women committee  We will review the training. This review is currently going on. We are taking a survey of the various training packages that are delivered currently throughout the Canadian Armed Forces. What we are noticing is that we have been telling people what not to do. We want to reverse

Status of Women committee  Good morning, Madam Chair. Good morning, honourable members. I am pleased to appear before the committee today with Ms. West. I am Lieutenant-General Jennie Carignan, recently appointed chief of professional conduct and culture. I am honoured by the trust placed in me by my ap