Misconduct allegations against former top military officials taken "extremely seriously": Trudeau

Global News’ Ottawa Bureau Chief Mercedes Stephenson asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday about misconduct allegations against former top military officials, something Trudeau says his government is taking "extremely seriously." He added "we know these problems have been going on for many, many years in many systems and institutions and we need to change them. We have taken significant steps but as has been highlighted, there's always more to do."

As of Friday the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service (CFNIS) is investigating both Chief of Defence Staff Adm. Art McDonald, who stepped aside late Wednesday night, and former chief of defence staff Gen. Jonathan Vance, who is facing allegations of inappropriate behaviour from two female subordinates.

It is not yet clear what military police are probing in relation to McDonald but both investigations come after a series of reports by Global News on the allegations against Vance.

Now the military faces a reckoning that experts say has been a long time coming over repeated urgings to change a culture that former Supreme Court justice Marie Deschamps described as “hostile” and “endemic” in her landmark 2015 report on misconduct in the military.

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