CBC’s investigation frames this as more than a reputational scandal: extremist beliefs inside the forces can intersect with access, authority, weapons, and trust.
“The concern about having individuals with these sorts of beliefs in the military is that they are getting access to training, weapons, secure intelligence, that is not meant to be shared with others.”
Katherine Keneally, Institute for Strategic Dialogue, in CBC News.
“I would find it extremely difficult to believe that anybody signed up for that site without knowing they were signing up for a site that was white nationalist, white supremacist, fascist, neo-Nazi.”
Evan Balgord, Canadian Anti-Hate Network, in CBC News.
“ [T]he military ‘holds its members to the highest standards of conduct for their actions and their online behaviour is expected to reflect the CAF values and ethos.’”
Department of National Defence statement, as reported by CBC News.
🚨🇨🇦⚠️ Canadian military members turning up on an explicitly white-supremacist dating site is not a mere embarrassment; it is a defence, intelligence, and public-trust alarm. Root it out, fast, and publicly. #CAF #cdnpoli #antifascist #Canada