National Defence committee  Once again, I can't tell you the precise answer. I don't have the JAG here with me right now, but if it's a violation of the Criminal Code, the defining factor is the seriousness of the potential sentence that could result from that, but I can't give you the specifics right now.

National Defence committee  If I could just add to that, the director of military prosecutions.... The cases are not necessarily languishing or waiting for the resolution of that. If there are potential alternate charges or alternate ways of looking at that without diminishing the nature of the offence, the

National Defence committee  To build on what I said in the introductory comments, we're developing and implementing sort of a unified policy on sexual misconduct. In fact, this week—to give you an idea that progress is ongoing—the chief of the defence staff approved something called the Operation Honour man

National Defence committee  Absolutely. There are now six dedicated teams in the Canadian Forces provost marshal's branch that have training in the investigation of sexual misconduct. Military police, writ large, are, as part of their training, given more emphasis on dealing with sexual misconduct and, in p

National Defence committee  Once again, it would depend on the nature of the particular offence or the particular crime. If it's a Criminal Code offence, that would be handled externally. It would depend on the circumstances as you go forward.

National Defence committee  It would be the victim's choice. Well, the victim would report it, but once it's reported, I think that it depends on the nature of the defence. Dr. Preston.

National Defence committee  Once again, I would have to take that on notice. I don't have that at hand. I have those statistics for the Canadian Armed Forces writ large, but we don't have that on hand for a specific branch, core or regiment. I'd have to go back.

National Defence committee  Well, it's the same thing; that's a specific branch. Like I said, all we have available right now is that—

National Defence committee  I can't answer that question.

National Defence committee  I cannot give you the statistics right now. We would have to come back to you. I would have to take it on notice. Offhand, I would not have that.

National Defence committee  Yes, they do.... But to give a bit of background, at one point the military police—and you may be aware of that—were told to resolve all cases within 30 days. That was a blanket direction to solve all cases. Sexual misconduct cases are hard and complex, and in fact we would have

National Defence committee  I'll begin, and then perhaps General Lamarre might want to address that. Once again, I can speak from my experience as the former army commander. I widely recognize the diversity across Canada, the diversity in different types of units and the population bases from which they d

National Defence committee  I think it's a very good question. The immediate phase one of Operation Honour—and this is my terminology and no one else's—was to address the problem right away. That was once again to implement the duty to report. We understand that has had some perhaps negative ramifications

National Defence committee  I'll start, and then perhaps Dr. Preston and everybody else can join in. I completely agree with the points you've raised. Quite frankly, we're in the process of tackling them and thinking about them right now. In terms of leadership at the top, I agree that it's not just a matt

National Defence committee  To build on what General Lamarre said in addressing your question, I would add that we are very much looking, in the future, at adapting these different policies and perhaps having different standards of universality of service. One of the organizations that work for me is worki