The report, which will be released this morning, is the result of a year-long review by a panel of retired Canadian Armed Forces members tasked with identifying ways to address hate, racism and discrimination in the ranks
Defence Minister Anita Anand will release a highly anticipated report this morning that is expected to take the military to task for not doing enough to address racism in the ranks over the past two decades.
“The report strongly reiterates that the Defence Team must place a greater emphasis on previous recommendations that were made as it believes the organization has the knowledge and expertise to implement them in order to ensure effective and meaningful culture change,” reads the summary dated April 14.
Those incidents include a group of sailors associated with the Proud Boys who disrupted a Mi’kmaq ceremony in Halifax in 2017 and media reports of other members associating with Neo-Nazi groups such as the Atomwaffen Division. “We have repeatedly asked to see the panel’s report through multiple channels prior to its release for months now,” said ombudsman’s office spokesman Andrew Bernardo, who added the results of Lick’s review “aren’t pretty.”
The work is being co-ordinated by a new, internal committee tasked with reforming the military’s culture based on the panel’s report as well as several others, including retired Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour’s upcoming report on addressing sexual misconduct in the ranks.
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