Status of Women committee  Thank you for the questions. I think we need to publicize what we're doing in the military police, the changes we're putting in place in training, and what we're doing to better accommodate victims so they have confidence in the system and the police service. I don't think there

Status of Women committee  Thank you for your question. You ask me when he will know, yet this is information that is already public.

Status of Women committee  Generally, when the police department receives the complaint, an investigation is initiated. A process must be followed. At some point, the person being investigated is interviewed, and that point depends on the nature of the investigation. Every investigation is different, and

Status of Women committee  Madam Chair, I think this is an important question. It can't be one-time training. It has to be ongoing and enduring. I've been reflecting a lot in the last few weeks and I'm starting to have a strategy in my head. I think we're going to need to develop a victim support strat

Status of Women committee  Madam Chair, it is important because we get different perspectives on how to improve our processes and how we can better meet the needs of the victim. We used that process very effectively in 2018 in the sexual assault review program, when we instituted an external review team t

Status of Women committee  Madam Chair, with the SMRC, to improve the process, it's really to get expertise on the victim services and how we can get better. As mentioned in my previous appearance, we have an NIS member as a liaison officer embedded with SMRC. For victims who want to stay anonymous and und

Status of Women committee  Madam Chair, as I alluded to in my opening remarks, the first action that is taken is to make sure that all MPs get the trauma-informed approach. I will take the training myself. All my senior officers will take the training. Every MP in the Canadian Armed Forces will have to tak

Status of Women committee  Madam Chair, as I stated in my opening comments and in some of the testimony I gave, I think there are things that we need to improve internally in the military police, for the interaction with victims, for some training that we give our police officers, so that with the human, p

Status of Women committee  Madam Chair, yes, I'm confident that the investigations are professionally and thoroughly conducted. Facts are gathered, evidence is analyzed and charges are laid as required. Every investigation is different, and they are treated as that, but I'm confident in our ability to full

Status of Women committee  Madam Chair, certainly, for quality control or quality assurance, we have a program within the CFNIS to continuously do quality assurance of our files to be aligned with policies and SOPs in the conduct of files. From an oversight perspective, there's also the Military Police Co

Status of Women committee  Madam Chair, I cannot comment on those investigations. I have no specifics on that and—

Status of Women committee  Thank you for the question, Madam Chair. In fact, as we say in French, when I say “functionally”, I act as an independent actor from the chain of command. I make decisions independently from the chain of command. I recognize and acknowledge that there is a perception out there

Status of Women committee  Madam Chair, it is certainly a challenge in spades for me. Part of that group are retired military police personnel and those comments are certainly not helpful for the military police at large. However, from a perspective of oversight or responsibility, I have that on the servin

Status of Women committee  Madam Chair, from a perspective of investigating, the results of investigations are sent through the chain of command with some recommended avenues to address any misconduct, depending on what it is, but there is due process, as with any administrative process, to investigate and

Status of Women committee  Madam Chair, what I mean by “functionally” is that my authorities, accountabilities and responsibilities in my terms of reference clearly state that as the head of the military police, I'm independent from the chain of command, and I have full command of all MPs performing polici