Canada’s spy company says it has launched a office evaluation of its British Columbia workplace over “serious allegations” raised by whistleblowers who say they have been sexually assaulted and harassed by a senior officer.
The Canadian Security 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 occasions in 2019 and 2020 by a senior colleague whereas in surveillance autos, 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.
An announcement from the director of CSIS David Vigneault says accusations of a “toxic workplace” can’t be taken calmly, and a Workplace Climate Assessment will happen within the B.C. workplace to resolve “potential barriers to a safe, healthy and respectful workplace.”
The assertion says that when the company first heard in regards to the allegations, it launched a third-party investigation “without delay.”
It says that for too lengthy, a tradition existed on the company that allowed “inappropriate behaviours” to “fester.”
