Changing Armed Forces Policies Is Slow and Labour-Intensive, External Monitor Says

The military is finalizing a policy change to abolish its definition of sexual misconduct and to use a Criminal Code definition for sexual assault instead. The move is part of an ongoing effort to respond to the 48 recommendations former Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour made in a scathing report on military culture in May 2022. It’s a long and labour-intensive process, says Jocelyne Therrien, the external monitor who tracks the work to implement those changes. Her newly released second report to the government said there is an “impressive quantity of rules and regulations” and a “broad range of policy instruments” governing the Canadian Armed Forces....