Canada apologizes to the military who have suffered sexual abuse

The government of Canada He officially apologized this Monday to military personnel and employees of the Ministry of Defense who have suffered sexual abuse, harassment and discrimination by officers of the country’s armed forces due to the institution’s incapacity “To protect and defend”To its own members.

The new Defense Minister of Canada, Anita Anand, was in charge of apologizing together with General Wayne Eyre, Chief of the General Staff, and Deputy Minister of Defense, Jody Thomas.

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Anand stated during a televised intervention broadcast live on Facebook that he apologized because “successive governments have failed to eradicate sexual assaults, sexual harassment or discrimination based on sex, gender, gender identity and sexual orientation” in the forces armed.

Around 19,000 people, 60% of whom are women, have officially declared that they have suffered sexual abuse during their service. The statements are part of a class action lawsuit filed against the Canadian government.

Before Anand offered his apologies on behalf of the Government of Canada and, in a different act, the Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, refused to allow him to ask for forgiveness for the abuses suffered by military personnel, although he stated that it is important that Canadian authorities support the victims.

In 2015, a report prepared by a former Canadian Supreme Court judge, Marie Deschamps, denounced the “toxic culture” that existed in the country’s armed forces, especially against women and homosexuals.

In January of this year, General Jonathan Vance, then the Chief of Staff of the Canadian Armed Forces, withdrew amid charges that he had had inappropriate relationships with two subordinates.

His replacement, Admiral Art McDonald, was forced to resign on February 25, a month after taking office, after the Defense Ministry launched another investigation into alleged sexual misconduct by the military.

And in March 2021, one of the most prominent women in Canada’s armed forces, Lieutenant Colonel Eleanor Taylor, decided to leave the Army in rejection of what she called the “inappropriate use of power for the sexual exploitation” of women in the armed forces.

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