It is often very hard to figure out what an event means. Today, there is a report of Canadian Lt. Colonel being prosecuted for sexual assault. But the assaults took place from 1998-2007. So, is this delayed justice showing how slow, bureaucratic and broken the process is? Or is it a sign of new times? That the decision (or the announcement) happened very shortly after a new Chief of Defence Staff took over? With a message of taking this stuff seriously?
The reality is it is probably a mix--something should have happened long before now, but a new boss with a clear priority on this might be pushing the case forward. And yes, the CDS has a role in this because he has the job of enforcing discipline with the Canadian Armed Forces, not the Deputy Minister and not the Minister of Defence. This is squarely in General Vance's area of responsibility.
If we see more prosecutions in the next month or two (and announced via David Pugliese), then it will be clearly a sign that a change is underway.
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