Parliament failing to oversee Canada’s military

Failure to act on several important pieces of legislation gives the impression that the Canadian Forces generally, and the military justice system specifically, are not concerned with fulfilling the will of Parliament in a meaningful way.

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has not yet called for an independent review of the National Defence Act, despite the fact that such a review is legally-mandated and long overdue, write Michel Drapeau and Thomas Juneau. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MICHEL DRAPEAU AND JOSHUA JUNEAU

August 31, 2020

Parliament is supreme, limited only by the Constitutional separation of powers and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. But when it comes to the defence file, you wouldn’t know it. Parliamentary supremacy begets tremendous responsibility, and demands that Parliament exercise its oversight function...

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