Canada's Military Police Complaints Commission - recent news

Last week, Christopher Nardi published an article in the National Post, claiming that the Chair of the Military Police Complaints Commission (MPCC) released a "scathing decision" regarding military police policy relating to the investigation of "criminal offences of a sexual nature" and the transfer of such matters to the civil police. This report was the subject of a brief Global Military Justice Reform post earlier this week.

The National Post headline may have been a bit misleading, since the principal decision was to discontinue a Public Interest Investigation (PII), which the Chair had initiated only three weeks earlier. 

The National Post article does address the issue of whether or not the previous Minister of National Defence (MND), Anita Anand, issued direction that the current MND, Bill Blair, claims was not issued. However, as is often the case in our 'reduced attention span' world, the article only scratches the surface of the issues. 

For more commentary, see: 

Rory Fowler "MPCC Criticism of the Military Police" (15 February 2024) online: Law Office of Rory G Fowler, blog <http://roryfowlerlaw.com/mpcc-criticism-of-the-military-police/>