Today, the Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, released the Canadian Military Colleges (CMC) Review Board report. The CMC Review Board was stood up in December 2023 in response to Recommendation 28 and the first part of Recommendation 29 of former Supreme Court of Canada Justice Louise Arbour's Independent External Comprehensive Review (IECR) Report.
The report highlights the enduring value of the Canadian Military Colleges (CMC) and provides 49 recommendations. Minister Blair thanks the Review Board for its important work and recognizes the principles they seek to uphold. The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces will review the report and provide responses to its recommendations.
The Review Board analyzed the costs, benefits, advantages, and disadvantages of continuing to educate Naval and Officer cadets within the Regular Officer Training Plan at Canada's two military colleges - the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) in Kingston, Ontario, and RMC Saint-Jean, in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. It also reviewed the current quality of education, socialization, and military training at the colleges, and assessed different education and training models.
