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Thursday, February 8, 2018

A bridge too far

General Jonathan Vance assumed the duties of the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) in the summer of 2015 and quickly launched Operation Honour to put an end to the rampant sexualized culture in the Canadian military.  As reported by "Military under fire for harassment policies" published in the Globe and Mail on February 8, 2018,  the Canadian military now operates under a policy of 'zero tolerance' and it now frowns upon the presence of even gauche 'banal social exchange or repartees" which are then dealt with 'zeal' by the "military police, career management staff and the chain of command."

The Globe and Mail concludes that "sexual assault, sexual harassment and bad jokes are not of the same grievous nature and should not be grouped together. The elimination of sexual assault is NOT a numbers game."
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1 comment:

  1. AnonymousJuly 3, 2018 at 3:12 PM

    Bonjour M. Drapeau,

    le problème m'apparaît tellement évident !

    La gouvernance militaire a effectivement le mandat de se doter d'infrastructures/règles pour s'assurer du maintient de la discipline. Discipline de NATURE MILITAIRE.

    Lorsque que ces infrastructures se sont superposées à la loi civile plus précisément le code criminel, ils ont tentés de gérer des comportements hors de leur mandat, n'ayant ni la compétence, ni l'apparence d'absence de conflit d'intérêt et disons-le, avec un manque d'intégrité flagrant !

    Moins d'éclats médiatiques, moins de controle "paranoïaque" et dictatorial, simplement redonner au système judiciaire civil ce qui est clairement sa compétence et son mandat au Canada.

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