NDP critic wants feds to scrap disciplinary offence for self-harm as it reforms military justice system

The section also offences related to feigning an illness or aggravating or delaying treatment of a disease or infirmity—infractions that the NDP MP said should be left intact.
National Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan appeared before the House National Defence Committee to address questions on the government's plans to reform the military justice system.
NDP MP Randall Garrison wants the federal government to remove a clause that makes soldiers subject to punishment or conviction if they’re found guilty of wilful self-harm as part of the government’s overhaul of the military justice system, saying that it prevents...

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