Convention speaker sends ‘wrong message’ CAF culture could roll back under potential Poilievre government, say experts

However, the Conservatives have been strong voices calling on the government to address sexual misconduct in the military, and 'they cannot go back on that rhetoric,' says Charlotte Duval-Lantoine.

Retired lieutenant-general Michel Maisonneuve accused the Liberal government of placing 'identity politics' above Canada's national security in a keynote address at the Conservative convention on Sept. 7.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

September 13, 2023

With the Conservatives putting the spotlight on a former senior military official who has controversially criticized “the woke movement,” some are raising concern that if the party takes power after the next election, it could roll back attempts to address culture change...

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