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The Deputy Minister of National Defence, Chief of the Defence Staff, and the Canadian Armed Forces Chief Warrant Officer, issued the following statement today regarding the results of the 2022 Statistics Canada Survey on Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF):
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The Minister of National Defence, the Honourable Bill Blair, issued the following statement today regarding the External Monitor’s second status report on the implementation of the recommendations of the Independent External Comprehensive Review (IECR).
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On Sunday October 29, 2023, while deployed in support of Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, His Majesty’s Canadian Ship Ottawa’s (HMCS Ottawa) embarked CH-148 Cyclone helicopter was intercepted by a People’s Liberation Army J-11 fighter jet. Though the initial encounter was safe, two subsequent encounters were deemed unsafe.
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Analysis conducted independently by the Canadian Forces Intelligence Command indicates with a high degree of confidence that Israel did not strike the al-Ahli hospital on 17 October 2023.
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The Minister of National Defence, the Honourable Bill Blair, issued the following statement: “Canada is deeply saddened by the loss of life caused by the explosion at Al Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza on October 17, 2023.
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The legal proceedings commenced by Major-General Fortin have been resolved. The parties will have no further comment on the matter.
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Consistent with DND/CAF directives, I have made the decision to permanently remove Colonel Leif Dahl from his position as 8 Wing Commander effective 28 September 2023.
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Lieutenant-General Jocelyn Paul, Commander Canadian Army, and Rob Chambers, Assistant Deputy Minister (Infrastructure and Environment), issued the following statement to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day
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Minister of National Defence, Bill Blair, and Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, Ginette Petitpas Taylor, issued the following statement
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Thirty years ago, Canadian soldiers from the 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, as part of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) mission, faced combat and witnessed war crimes, in the Battle of Medak Pocket in Croatia.
