National Defence committee  Well, if the victim liaison officer is trained enough and could be attached to one specific area and that becomes their expertise, and anyone who has questions can contact that person, that may help. If you're a victim liaison officer within your unit and have an expertise, anyon

National Defence committee  Do you mean the notice of 30 days?

National Defence committee  There needs to be a consistent, frequent accountability review and reports done, in order for that not to fall through the cracks...saying every five years that we'll do something different, and then it takes five years and they're doing something different again. There needs t

National Defence committee  The way it's done right now is, they highlight all of the support that exists in the military, but they're not all specifically for that. They say, “Well, we have health care providers and we have chaplains”, but they haven't been trained on these things. This is the support avai

National Defence committee  Yes, it's young women especially, and there's been research that people from indigenous groups in the military were more susceptible as well, something I found interesting. The survey excluded the rangers. That would be nice to have.

National Defence committee  For these specific groups? The fact that they're really young means they don't have a lot of information. They are overwhelmed. They need proper guidance. Most people who are subjected to sexual violence are very young, and have just started in the military. They are still really

National Defence committee  Sexual misconduct is a really minor crime. I don't think it necessarily has a place in criminal court, that's for sure, but you mean military court. It's disciplinary. My only concern about having it extended this way is that it will be led by people who are not properly traine

National Defence committee  Honestly, I'm not sure how much the situation may have changed. I came into the Canadian Armed Forces a long time ago. In my experience at that time, a certain view was propagated, especially in recruit courses. Regardless of the opinion we may have on the issue, that somewhat

National Defence committee  Resources that might support them must be implemented. When all that happens, I would say offhand that there should be a public affairs office able to manage cases and provide a call centre to direct people. If the case is deemed to be serious, problematic, medical assistance or

National Defence committee  Military members are told that they should not behave that way, that it is not good. They are also told what is not good about it. When it comes to third party intervention, that is part of training. I work at a university now, and I know that is also being taught. There is a d

National Defence committee  Certainly. Training may also not be provided by professionals. In addition, it is not very convincing if the person providing the training has committed those kinds of acts.

National Defence committee  It's very important, and I don't think that right now there's much of that; hence, people are left in the dark. I've been hearing that a lot. When they go through the system they learn after the fact via a peer, a person who went through the system themselves, what they should or

National Defence committee  Again, if done properly, one thing will be to show a victim trauma-centric support. That would show the military can care. Care and the military don't always mesh, to care for people when we're trained to do these things that we do. That we care about the victims will give this..

National Defence committee  Yes.

National Defence committee  I have had conversations with my equivalents in New Zealand, Australia and the U.S., as well as within Canada with first responders of different forces, such as the RCMP. They want to see how we can.... Within here, it's how to work together, and outside, especially with the wome