Military shouldn’t investigate sexual assaults in Canadian Forces, say experts
The Hill Times reports on sexual assault in the Canadian military:
Ian Bron, a former Canadian Navy officer who was a victim of abuse in the 1980s, said the investigation and prosecution of sexual assaults need to be removed from the military.
“The amount of influence that both the military police and the military lawyers have is quite extraordinary. They’re not just representing the victim, they’re representing the military,” said Mr. Bron, now a director at whistleblower organization Canadians for Accountability, in an interview.
“So if they have a senior officer that doesn’t really want a particular case to come out, it’s going to take a great deal of individual moral courage and strength to resist that. The best thing to do is just to take most of that process out of their hands. That just removes any conflict-of-interest that might exist,” said Mr. Bron.
