Allegations Against the Canadian Forces

August 2001

On July 9, 1996, Captain Poulin submitted a memorandum about a matter he believed he was duty-bound to report. The allegations contained in his memorandum were serious and warranted swift action. The matter was not properly handled. Effectively, nothing was done. The failure to respond promptly and effectively to these complaints set off a chain of events that led to the filing of further complaints with various persons and dispute settlement regimes within the Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Forces (CF).