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Parliament failing to oversee Canada’s military

Failure to act on several important pieces of legislation gives the impression that the Canadian Forces generally, and the military justice system specifically, are not concerned with fulfilling the will of Parliament in a meaningful way.

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has not yet called for an independent review of the National Defence Act, despite the fact that such a review is legally-mandated and long overdue, write Michel Drapeau and Thomas Juneau. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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