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Tracey Lindeman in Ottawa

Women in Canada’s military face greater harm from comrades than enemy, says judge

Former supreme court justice Louise Arbour and Anita Anand, the minister of national defence, release the report in Ottawa on 30 May.
Former supreme court justice Louise Arbour and Anita Anand, the minister of national defence, release the report in Ottawa on 30 May. Photograph: Canadian Press/REX/Shutterstock

Some members of the Canadian military face greater harm from their comrades than from the enemy, according to a new report on sexual violence in the Canadian armed forces (CAF).

Called the Arbour report after its author, the former supreme court justice Louise Arbour, the 404-page document pinpoints the many failures of the CAF over the years to address misogyny, discrimination, sexual violence and trauma experienced predominantly by female members of the military.

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