When I received the invitation from the House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence to testify as a witness for its study of Bill C-11 , I felt the weight of it immediately. Not because I have not spoken publicly about military justice before. I have. But because this legislation has real consequences for survivors in the Canadian Armed Forces, and I have lived those consequences from multiple angles. I was invited to appear before the Committee on November 27, 20

Sexual assault is still nearly impossible to prosecute — victim-blaming, trauma ignorance, and good old-fashioned misogyny are alive and well. Not guilty is not the same as innocent. EM, I am sorry the world wasn’t ready to witness the courage it took to get on that stand. We are not safe until the world stops seeing us as commodities. We see you. We hear you. We believe you.

Like many, I was stunned by the verdict in the Diddy/Sean Combs case. My heart aches for those who bravely came forward to share their...