Timeline

ACVA “Experience of Women Veterans” Study

Oct 3, 2022 – Motion made to have the first ever study on women Veterans. 

Mar 30, 2023 to Feb 7, 2024 –  Information about all the meetings, the 93 witnesses and the nine submitted written briefs is available on ACVA “Experience of Women Veterans” Study page.

Highlights of the meetings are available here:

• to watch (on MP Rachel Blaney’s YouTube playlist)
• to read (on Transforming Military Culture website with the document titled “Highlights from the Testimonies for the Parliamentary Study on the Experience of Women Veterans” )

May 6, 2024 – ACVA study report approved by all four political parties

June 12, 2024 – House of Commons Question Period, MP Rachel Blaney, Private Member Statement 

ACVA Report and the two supplementary reports (CPC and NDP) tabled (go to 1:50:00 – 1:57:00 in the CPAC recording) 

ACVA News Release 

ACVA Press Conference

Sep 16, 2024 – Parliament is scheduled to resume after summer break

Oct 10, 2024 – Government response to the report recommendations