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Status of Women committee In terms of interference in any investigation, the investigators have the recourse to put in a complaint with the Military Police Complaints Commission if they feel their investigation is being unduly influenced. I understand that you have the commanding officer of the Canadian F
March 23rd, 2021Committee meeting
LGen Wayne D. Eyre
Status of Women committee We have to learn why previous approaches did not work, learn from that and incorporate those lessons into our plan going forward. As we go forward, I see us moving forward on two streams. The first stream is that any external review that looks at our organization we have to embr
March 23rd, 2021Committee meeting
LGen Wayne D. Eyre
Status of Women committee Understand that I have only been in the job for several weeks. One of the things I immediately asked for was an aide-mémoire—a playbook, if you will—to help me deal with any further incidents of senior leader misconduct, so that we could rapidly deal with those. That was one.
March 23rd, 2021Committee meeting
LGen Wayne D. Eyre
Status of Women committee It's still a draft at this point. Once it is finalized, we will be happy to share that. As for the second one, last week I had all our general and flag officers on a Teams session. If there's one thing the pandemic has taught us, it is how to use technology, so it was all of our
March 23rd, 2021Committee meeting
LGen Wayne D. Eyre
Status of Women committee Every allegation deserves a full investigation, and we have to respect our values of due process and the rule of law. Every allegation that comes forward will be investigated and will follow due process.
March 23rd, 2021Committee meeting
LGen Wayne D. Eyre
Status of Women committee If it is in the chain of command, one reporting to the other, it creates what we call an “adverse relationship”. If it is not in the same chain of command, it is not an offence, but we have to make very sure that there is not a perceived conflict of interest. One thing we need t
March 23rd, 2021Committee meeting
LGen Wayne D. Eyre
Status of Women committee Madam Chair, I don't have prepared remarks per se, but I will give you a few comments. First of all, thank you for the opportunity to address this committee. I will say up front that the current circumstances have shaken us, and I believe the armed forces are at an inflection
March 23rd, 2021Committee meeting
LGen Wayne D. Eyre
Status of Women committee Madam Chair, from my perspective, the Canadian Forces national investigation service has the mandate to investigate all allegations of a criminal nature. Thank you.
March 23rd, 2021Committee meeting
LGen Wayne D. Eyre
Status of Women committee Madam Chair, it's regardless of rank.
March 23rd, 2021Committee meeting
LGen Wayne D. Eyre
Status of Women committee Thank you, Minister. Madam Chair, sexual misconduct training is conducted annually for all members of the Canadian Armed Forces, but in my view annually is not enough, and there has to be a constant drumbeat to remind our members of what right looks like. In terms of gaps in th
March 23rd, 2021Committee meeting
Lieutenant-General Wayne D. Eyre