OTTAWA — Statistics Canada has offered a sobering assessment of the Canadian Forces’ four-year war on sexual misconduct, suggesting in a new report Wednesday that the military has made only minimal progress on several fronts. On the surface, the survey yielded several reasons for optimism: fewer military members reported having witnessed or experienced sexualized or discriminatory behaviour over the previous 12 months than in the first survey. Andrew Francis Wallace via Getty Images Joint Royal Canadian Navy Reserve military and government personnel at Her Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) York for training exercises, Apr. Lars Hagberg/THE CANADIAN PRESS Members of the graduation class of Royal Military College of Canada parade during a ceremony in Kingston, Ont., in a May 20, 2016. Sexual assault includes a sexual attack, unwanted sexual touching or sexual activity without consent.

Source: Huffington Post May 22, 2019 19:33 UTC