Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. We all appreciate the joys of connectivity these days. I am speaking to you from Toronto, the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Chippewa and the Wendat peoples. I've been engaged on issues of harassment in the CAF for over 40 y

Status of Women committee  I have a couple of comments to make. One of the critical ones is that the military gets everything done as a team. The first principle for any leader is to build cohesive effective teams that work together. When we have these kinds of behaviours within teams and when team members

Status of Women committee  I have a couple of comments with regard to this. It's knowledge and awareness. This is not education, and it most definitely is not PowerPoint training. It's knowledge and awareness of how people see themselves and how they see others. This is part of what I was talking about in

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. As I indicated, I think two key changes need to be made. The first, as I mentioned, is a shift to inclusion. The military operates very strongly to socialize people into a single identity, so the military needs to authorize and accept inclusive teams.

Status of Women committee  One thing I will point out is that, as a member of the department of defence studies, most of my teaching is at the Canadian Forces College rather than the Royal Military College. However, I would suggest, first, that unfortunately the circumstances by which Ms. Lalonde did her p

Status of Women committee  Madam Chair, if I may, I'll start and then let my colleague join in. Based on the testimony that was given by the previous witness, I think we need to recognize that these things don't happen in isolation. When incidents occur, there are commonly other witnesses. There are peopl

Status of Women committee  Thank you. I would offer two comments. One of the things that I think is important to do is a bit of a differentiation between formal investigations of sexual misconduct—and I think there have been some clear recommendations suggesting there needs to be greater independence in t

Status of Women committee  I think those individuals are critical and, as I think was mentioned in the previous testimony, I would suggest that it's not only supporting the victims. This is the part that I think is critical of the education program that is required across the military. Again, my comment wa

Status of Women committee  If I can start with that one, I would point out—and both Dr. English and I are quite familiar with the volume on “Duty with Honour”—that there was a conscious reason why the word “honour” was connected in there. The concept there is that it's not sufficient to get the job done, t

Status of Women committee  As we know, masculinities and patriarchy are ways in which many societies operate, and they create systems and structures that privilege men and cause challenges and problems for, and discrimination against, women. As to the reference to militarized masculinities, this is practi

Status of Women committee  I will speak to two parts. When I was in uniform, I was responsible for the team that developed the current leadership doctrine, so I know it quite well. It was developed in 2003-04. At the time, we did seek to inform it using gender perspectives and gender understanding, but I

Status of Women committee  The only comment that I think I would make about that is that I've heard a couple of witnesses here and in other committees making assertions or allegations of assuming blame in the middle of something that has yet to be finalized and decided on. I would suggest that it's importa

Status of Women committee  Very briefly again, there was a reference previously. General Eyre has referred to the listening phase, and I'll disagree with my colleague slightly. It started last summer as the Black Lives Matter movement went forward. I think senior leaders have recognized that they have not

Status of Women committee  I have two comments. First of all, I definitely agree that it is important, and I definitely agree on the evolving. One of the challenges of Operation Honour was that there was an end state. There is no end state to the way in which Canadian society has continued to evolve and,

Status of Women committee  Again, I would make two quick comments. This is part of self-insight and self-understanding. I think the more we can do to facilitate people.... I will say that I'm the best representative on the screen. Old white men like me in particular need to really open up our eyes and st