Government Moves to End Military Authority to Investigate, Prosecute Sex Crimes

Published on March 21, 2024

The federal government is formally removing the military’s ability to investigate and prosecute crimes of a sexual nature. Defence Minister Bill Blair introduced proposed changes to the National Defence Act on March 21 that would remove the military’s jurisdiction to handle sexual offences under the Criminal Code. Military police will no longer have the authority to investigate those cases, and the court martial will no longer be able to try the cases so long as they happened in Canada. But Canadian police do not have jurisdiction to investigate crimes that happen outside the country, including on deployments. “It would remain the responsibility of the military police to collect the evidence because they would be able to exercise jurisdiction in those out-of-Canada situations,” Mr. Blair said....

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