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Status of Women committee Yes, Madam Chair, I think that one of the principal issues as well is that military members and commanders have a positive duty to deal with any issues that come before them. They cannot let issues slide. Their failure to comply with that directive could be treated under the code
November 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Karol Wenek
Status of Women committee It was a result of a complaint coming to his attention. It might have come through a letter or some other form, but his office was open to receive those complaints directly.
November 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Karol Wenek
Status of Women committee Well, it can't be anonymous because the respondent has a right to know the nature of the complaint and who is making the complaint. There is a balance of responsibilities that has to be observed here.
November 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Karol Wenek
Status of Women committee Well, Madam Chair, I think that those kind of exemplary disciplinary proceedings are important in that they signal a shift in the culture. Whereas previously that kind of behaviour might have been accepted, it indicated that it was clearly no longer acceptable. In fact, that's
November 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Karol Wenek
Status of Women committee The only thing I would add is that if you think the statistics are artificially low, for example—
November 22nd, 2012Committee meeting
Karol Wenek
Status of Women committee That's the department. I speak for the Canadian Forces.
November 22nd, 2012Committee meeting
Karol Wenek
Status of Women committee Absolutely. We do comparisons. I cited Statistics Canada data earlier in terms of the employment of women. We do comparisons with the national databases. We do comparisons with other government departments. We do comparisons with other militaries. We're part of an organization ca
November 22nd, 2012Committee meeting
Karol Wenek
Status of Women committee We steal from each other.
November 22nd, 2012Committee meeting
Karol Wenek
Status of Women committee In the survey 90% of the respondents recalled having been through some form of harassment training. To set the stage for that answer and explain why that might have been the case, during the late nineties—I can't remember when we discontinued the SHARP program—we had a blitz ac
November 22nd, 2012Committee meeting
Karol Wenek
Status of Women committee We could do that.
November 22nd, 2012Committee meeting
Karol Wenek
Status of Women committee Madam Chair, if I understand the question correctly, I wouldn't say that we don't have any cases of sexual harassment or sexual assault. Every large organization like ours is going to have to deal with that. I would hope that we would get to zero one day, but I don't think that's
November 22nd, 2012Committee meeting
Karol Wenek
Status of Women committee Right. They are anonymous surveys. We have two kinds of survey procedures. We have an internal research capability made up of a broad range of Department of National Defence scientists. They conduct specialized, focused surveys, which can be administered on an as-required basis
November 22nd, 2012Committee meeting
Karol Wenek
Status of Women committee We don't use the public service employment survey because our members are not public servants, so there's a different set of—
November 22nd, 2012Committee meeting
Karol Wenek
Status of Women committee That's the million-dollar question, I think.
November 22nd, 2012Committee meeting
Karol Wenek
Status of Women committee I don't think you can do that a priori. We establish appropriate social norms of interaction as we go along. It is through the process of social interaction that we determine what's appropriate and what's inappropriate. The important thing, if you think it's inappropriate, is to
November 22nd, 2012Committee meeting
Karol Wenek