Ottawa’s Plan to Off-Load Military Sexual Assault Cases Sparks Feud With Provinces
Former Supreme Court Justice Louise Arbour (R) and Minister of National Defence Anita Anand (C) release the final report of the Independent External Comprehensive Review into Sexual Misconduct and Sexual Harassment in the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces in Ottawa on May 30, 2022. Also in attendance is Chief of the Defence Staff, General Wayne Eyre. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
A dispute between the federal government and provinces over funding and other resources is slowing efforts to transfer military police investigations and prosecutions of alleged sexual crimes to civilian authorities.
Defence Minister Anita Anand said last November the Canadian Armed Forces would start transferring criminal sexual offences to civilian police forces and courts on an interim basis.
