High time a woman be appointed Canada’s chief of defence staff, says former reservist, as high-profile women take on sexual misconduct crisis in the military

This government has been in power for six years and has done little to address sexual misconduct issues in the military, says NDP MP Randall Garrison, but the military is facing a reckoning and top women are playing key roles to change the military’s culture.

Power and influence: Now-retired Lt.-Gen. Christine Whitecross, top left; former Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour; Brig.-Gen. Krista Brodie; Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan, above left; Deputy Minister of Defence Jody Thomas, and former Supreme Court justice Marie Deschamps. All these women are now playing leading roles or have in influencing Canada's military. Photographs courtesy of DND, ParlVu, and Wikimedia Commons

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

May 24, 2021

It’s high time for a woman to be named to the top post in Canada’s military, says a former military reservist, as multiple top women, including two former Supreme Court justices, have been and are now central players in how Canada’s military is now confronting its sexual misconduct crisis. Mo...

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