By Canadian Press

Ottawa launches independent review of Canada’s beleaguered military-justice system

Nov 16, 2020 | 12:27 PM

OTTAWA — Supreme Court Justice Morris Fish is starting an outside examination of Canada’s troubled military courts.

The review comes as the military struggles with a variety of challenges to the regime.

Those include questions about the independence of Canada’s military judges and the system’s handling of sexual-assault cases.

There is also growing frustration over delays in the implementation of a declaration of victims’ rights more than a year after it was passed into law.

Fish’s appointment to lead the review is being welcomed by retired colonel Michel Drapeau, one of Canada’s foremost authorities on military law.

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Drapeau says the former Supreme Court judge has the experience to dive into the real issues surrounding the military-justice system and his heft will make it hard for the government to ignore his findings.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 16, 2020.

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