Government Operations committee  Thank you, Madam Minister. When we kick-started our culture change two years ago, there were three main things that we needed to address very quickly. These were informed by the consultations that we had with defence team members, with marginalized groups and with affected membe

Government Operations committee  Yes, that external expert was McKinsey. In fact, we had support from experts in terms of how to organize consultations. There was also an area where members from diverse groups or marginalized groups were coming in via McKinsey to consult on our culture. The aim of these consul

Government Operations committee  They have. They consulted with a variety of defence team members. I have to add that the 280-plus listening sessions were conducted personally by me and my team. McKinsey was there to enable, via taking and consolidating notes and making sure this was professionally consolidat

Government Operations committee  When the McKinsey consultants worked with us, it was strictly with the subject matter experts. In our case, they were specialists in diversity and inclusion, culture, and related matters such as handling complaints digitally. We were dealing directly with subject matter experts a

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Minister. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just want to highlight that, as the CPCC was stood up at the end of April 2021, basically the team consisted of 11 people, and there was an urgency to act. I would qualify the work that we needed to do as open heart surgery on a runn

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I thank the member for her question. The creation of my organization is also evidence that we intend to manage the culture consistently to make sure that conduct is always aligned with our values. The approach we advocate for the position of Chief of Professional Con

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, the reintegration framework serves to provide considerations, but can also serve to create an advisory panel that the chain of command can consult for making difficult decisions about whether to reintegrate a member who has been charged with an offence. Each case is t