Why this report on military sexual assault might, just might, be different

In today’s Big Story podcast, Canada’s governments are very good at commissioning reports, listening to recommendations and then … not doing much. It’s a pattern we’ve perfected over the years. In fact, a damning report delivered this week on sexual assault and harassment in the Canadian Armed Forces was actually the second on the same subject in seven years.

But advocates have hope that this report, and the government’s reaction, will be different. The report is comprehensive and the recommendations demand large-scale systemic change. Many of them are recommendations the government can put into effect in short order if they have the will to do so. So… do they?

GUEST: Julie Lalonde, advocate and educator, author of Resilience is Futile: The Life and Death of Julie S. Lalonde

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