Sexual misconduct victims in military should get government-paid lawyers, uncapped damages: Arbour

By Cristin Schmitz (May 31, 2022, 1:00 PM EDT) -- The military grievance process should facilitate the transfer of internal sexual harassment or sex discrimination complaints to a reformed federal human rights system — authorized to award legal costs and higher pain and suffering damages to successful complainants – and complainants should also get “immediate access” to legal advice from a newly created roster of government-paid civilian lawyers to assist them on “the full range of issues related to sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces.”...