MONTREAL—News of the appointment this week of former Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour to conduct yet another external review of sexual misconduct in the Canadian military predictably went down like a lead balloon.
Arbour’s qualifications for the job are not in question. On the contrary, she comes to it with a solid reputation for bringing a no-nonsense approach to such tasks.
To this day, her 1996 report on events at Kingston’s Prison for Women still stands out for the clarity of both its findings and its recommendations.
But if the recent past is any indication, Arbour’s strong credentials may well be wasted on the Liberal government.
