General Alleges Political Interference in Withdrawn Sexual Misconduct Case

Published on May 29, 2024

In his $10 million lawsuit against the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) over now-withdrawn sexual misconduct charges, former senior officer Steven Whelan is accusing the federal government of destroying his career for political reasons. “The military tried to fix a problem that had been identified, and they mishandled it because they thought fixing the problem was pleasing the politicians as opposed to dealing with the root issue,” Lt.-Gen. Whelan‘s lawyer Phillip Millar told The Epoch Times. The case of Lt.-Gen. Whelan is one of two lawsuits where members accused the government of pressuring the CAF to prosecute them for acts they were ultimately found not guilty of. These cases relate to a 2021 sexual misconduct crisis within the forces, which led to over a dozen high-ranking CAF members resigning or being pushed out while a cultural reckoning took place within the force....

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