Defence Minister Bill Blair says the government has no plans to ban alcohol in the military, but he will speak to senior military leaders in the coming weeks about how to improve the culture at social establishments on military bases that serve alcohol.
A recent Statistics Canada survey found 33 per cent of military members who were sexually assaulted in 2022 believed the perpetrator’s use of alcohol or drugs was a contributing factor in the assault.
CBC News asked Blair about the survey and the military practice of requiring that all serving members belong to a military “mess.”
Messes traditionally are the centre of a military unit’s
