Canada’s spy company says it has launched a office evaluation of its British Columbia workplace over “critical allegations” raised by whistleblowers who say they had been sexually assaulted and harassed by a senior officer.
The Canadian Safety Intelligence Service says the officer who was “implicated” within the allegations — made public in an investigation by The Canadian Press this week — was faraway from the office.
One officer says she was raped 9 instances in 2019 and 2020 by a senior colleague whereas in surveillance automobiles, and a second officer says she was later sexually assaulted by the identical man regardless of bosses being warned to not pair him with younger girls.
A press release from the director of CSIS David Vigneault says accusations of a “poisonous office” can’t be taken flippantly, and a Office Local weather Evaluation will happen within the B.C. workplace to resolve “potential obstacles to a secure, wholesome and respectful office.”
The assertion says that when the company first heard in regards to the allegations, it launched a third-party investigation “immediately.”
It says that for too lengthy, a tradition existed on the company that allowed “inappropriate behaviours” to “fester.”
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