A balancing act: more military judges or constitutionalizing summary trials

Bill C-41 misses the opportunity to fully address several major structural shortcomings of the National Defence Act, in particular, the constitutionality of summary trials, the disrepair of the CF grievance system and the weakened state of the Military Po

Currently, Bill C-41, an Act to amend the National Defence Act, is being considered by the House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence. This represents the third attempt to amend the National Defence Act since the 2004 recommendations made by the late Antonio Lamer. While the bill doe...

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