It’s the militarization of civilian oversight organizations

Parliamentarians should change the National Defence Act to ensure that a civilian accounting structure, with real powers, be put in place in order to bring it more in harmony with Canadian values of independence, fairness and impartiality.

OTTAWA—The issue of Parliamentary oversight of the Armed Forces as well as the relationship between the military and civil authority was reviewed by the Somalia Commission of Inquiry which concluded that the Canadian military leadership should be guided by the imperative that the Canadian F...

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