Last month, the federal government went on to classify The Base — the neo-Nazi group Mathews was allegedly connected to — as a terrorist entity under the Criminal Code. The military ended up fast-tracking Mathews' request to be released from the reserves and discharged him on Aug. 30, 2019. While the chain of command took action immediately, the military did not want to compromise the investigation by the Canadian Forces National Counter-Intelligence Unit, Lamirande wrote. In most cases, the Canadian Forces was dealing with those accused behind closed doors, without any disciplinary action. 2:49The Forces also created a new Hateful Conduct Incident Tracking System (HCITS) to improve how it tracks, analyzes and reports hateful conduct.

Source: CBC News March 15, 2021 07:52 UTC