The CAF’s misogynistic merry-go-round needs to end

Canada’s military command is looking like the fatigue section of Peter Nygard’s clothing empire.

Retired General Jonathan Vance, left, Admiral Art McDonald, and Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan. Anyone who perpetuates the culture of silence that allows abusers to go unpunished should be fired or removed from their post, including the minister of defence, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, and photograph courtesy of Twitter

Opinion

BY ERICA IFILL

March 10, 2021

CALGARY—This year’s International Women’s Day was marked by the biggest interview of the decade: Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, later joined by Prince Harry, spilled some scalding hot royal tea. What this interview revealed, besides that the Firm is racist, is the culture of silence,

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