Soldier who testified against colleague in sex assault case alleges blowback for doing the right thing

Corporal Casey Brunelle, an Ottawa-based reservist in the Intelligence Branch, alleges that he faced reprisals and punishment from his chain of command.

Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jonathan Vance said in May that Corporal Casey Brunelle did not face any reprisals and wouldn’t be getting an apology for treatment he faced after testifying against a fellow soldier. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

November 27, 2019

OTTAWA—Almost lost in the swirling news storms surrounding the controversial firing of sportscaster Don Cherry, the naming of Justin Trudeau’s new cabinet, and the daily revelations regarding U.S. President Donald Trump’s road to impeachment, there was a startling report about a Canadian soldi...

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