A much-anticipated report into the Canadian military’s sexual misconduct crisis has been released, with calls for dramatic changes to what former Supreme Court of Canada justice Louise Arbour describes as a “broken system” and a “liablity” to the country. Mercedes Stephenson reports on the damning new details regarding the military’s culture, and the abuse of power entrenched in it, and Ottawa’s new promises for a better path forward.
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