Becoming More Accountable: Militarization of Civilian Oversight Organizations (Perspectives) (Reprint‪)‬

PARLIAMENTARY OVERSIGHT OF THE ARMED FORGES The issue of parliamentary oversight of the armed forces as well as the relationship between the military and civil authority was reviewed by the Somalia Commission of Inquiry, which concluded that the Canadian military leadership should be guided by the imperative that the Canadian Forces be prepared to conduct their operations in peace and war in accordance with Canadian standards, values, laws and ethics. In its June 1997 report The Lessons of the Somalia Affair, the Commission concluded that civilian control of the military should come from attentive citizens acting through an informed, concerned and vigilant Parliament.