National Defence committee  I think the measures we have of confidence are the annual “Your Say” surveys that are conducted by CAF. Typically, a high percentage of people, usually around 85%, report they have trust in their chain of command to appropriately address sexual misconduct. If I recall correctly,

National Defence committee  It's very broad.

National Defence committee  Yes.

National Defence committee  You're right.

National Defence committee  I'm going to let my military colleague speak about the processes that perpetrators would go through. As a subject matter expert, I think one of the gaps that exists right now within the Canadian Armed Forces is that very response to perpetrators that you're talking about. There

National Defence committee  Yes. This stemmed from a budget 2018 commitment where the government committed funds to a number of government agencies to fund a number of initiatives all related to gender-based violence. The Canadian Armed Forces did receive $2 million over a period. It's basically $400,000 a

National Defence committee  It's a good question, and to be honest with you, it's not.... I've met with representatives from morale and welfare services, but we haven't entered into a formal relationship yet in terms of looking at the demand on them and their capacity and what resources we might be able to

National Defence committee  It's hard to measure what's not reported, but certainly we know, from decades of statistics in Canadian society and in fact around the world, that sexual offences are the lowest-reported offences. Typically, fewer than about 10% are ever reported. The ones that get reported tend

National Defence committee  Yes, I could clarify. When a sexual offence occurs, there are a variety of factors that determine which police agency has jurisdiction. For example, if the offence took place in a civilian establishment, typically it would be the civilian police who are called, whereas if it hap

National Defence committee  As I said, the victim's views are taken into consideration and so are the circumstances of the case, as well as where it happened, but it ultimately is the prosecutor's decision as to whether it's military or civilian. Sometimes cases are charged by the civilian police, and the c

National Defence committee  We don't. When I say that we receive reports, I mean that we have a military police officer embedded in our centre who is able to take official reports if people who contact us are willing to make official reports.

National Defence committee  No, it is not. We work with people confidentially, as well as anonymously. There's no requirement for them to provide any identifying information.

National Defence committee  That predated me. That probably would have been the deputy and the CDF at the time, I'm assuming. The two organizations have been required to work in close collaboration, essentially, to ensure this priority is addressed. The Auditor General came in and essentially made the same

National Defence committee  Yes. He recommended that there should essentially be a transfer of responsibilities from the CAF side of the house to the sexual misconduct response centre and that CAF should make more use of the expertise that they have, both within the centre and with external experts outside

National Defence committee  I would only be speculating.