‘My priority is to address the crisis of culture and confidence’: Anand faces monumental task of fixing embattled military

New Defence Minister Anita Anand will apologize on Dec. 13 on behalf of the federal government to victims of sexual misconduct in Canada's military. She says she wants to begin rebuilding trust with victims and survivors of sexual misconduct.

National Defence Minister Anita Anand, pictured Oct. 27, 2021, with Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, left, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez, and staffers, leaving a cabinet meeting at the John Diefenbaker Building on Sussex Drive, a day after she was named Canada's federal defence minister. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY Christopher Guly

December 13, 2021

On Dec. 13, Defence Minister Anita Anand will seek to resolve the crisis that has shaken the most senior ranks of the Canadian Armed Forces—most recently last week, when Vice-Admiral Haydn Edmundson, who was in charge of military human resources, was charged with sexual assault and committing inde...

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