Status of Women committee  Madam Chair, I bluntly asked the CFNIS if they had the mandate to investigate and they had the powers to lay charges. They would not answer me. The answer was no, because, as the CDS told me, he was untouchable. He owned the CFNIS.

Status of Women committee  I definitely feel that there will not be justice for me. In all honesty, that's okay, because if my speaking out can change everything for other women to come forward and change our policies, that's okay with me, because I was the first one into the infantry when we were allowed to join and I knew I was taking a hard road.

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair, for this opportunity, and thank you to all the members of the committee. I would like to introduce myself. I'm just one woman who has served in the infantry for the last 30 years, since 1991, but I give voice to all the women who need to speak up. I'm a soldier who served, and that service, for me, has left what I call battle scars.