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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Insert double palm to the forehead from me.
Basically they're saying, as a senior military member in leadership you're above the law military wise. What an awful thing.
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I think most people knew/know the CDS is immune to a charge under the National Defence Act (NDA), even without Justice Fish's help. The CDS, however, is not immune to a charge under the Criminal Code of Canada.
The CDS is the highest rank. There isn't anyone with higher rank that can command or discipline him, from an NDA perspective. Even at that, it is still up to the MND and PM to not tolerate bad/unethical behaviour from a CDS and to act accordingly.
A few years ago, the Chief Military Judge was charged and I would have thought back then that the JAG would have recognized the complications in trying the CMJ and even the CDS and even three-star generals. Still nothing was done to rectify the problem. I'm not sure where the roadblocks are, but this file is the Minister's to correct.
