Colonel Russel Williams Still Eligible for His Military Pension

That would be my thought as well.  If it's good for Semrau it's also good for this individual. 

I knew there was a reason I avoided watching the news.  Not having watched it recently, I tuned in to discovery that a murdering rapist would be receiving his pension.  A pension that he paid into no doubt, but a pension that Canadian citizens will be responsible for topping up while he's in custody.  In my opinion, as a Canadian citizen, it would be highly unconscionable to allow this to happen.  He committed some of these crimes while on duty, scoping out his next victims.  His position in the military and the training he received more than likely gave him the tools to commit these crimes and remain undetected for several years.  I, as an average Canadian, will admit that I complain about things in this country that I see are unfair or unjust and simply do nothing about it, except complain.  Not this time.  I encourage everyone who views this particular heinous unjustice to start calling people.  Members of Parliament, government officials, military officials, co-workers, neighbours, friends.  Let's get together and not let this happen.   If the money has to be paid out, it should go to victims of crime, not one who perpetrates them.

This is definitely an approach that can work.  It would probably require an amendment to the Act that regulates these pensions.  

I don't think he started this while in the military though, he had to have had this perverted addiction long before he joined the military.  I think we haven't seen everything yet. 

Thanks for your comments and I would endorse a writing campaign that you suggested.

I agree a demotion, preferably a substantial one, is in order. And his pension being paid out at a lower rate is equally justified. But to strip the pension away in total would set a dangerous precident. He has paid into it, and serving in the military does not diminish his rights. I agree that his actions are disgusting, and am of the opinion that the crimes he has commited, and the damage he has done to the reputation of the CF are acts for which there is no punishment strong enough in this country. Bring back flogging in this case, and I could support it. But if you can strip this man of his pension, what next? Every citizen convicted of a crime loses their pensions which they have paid into through work? Too many parking tickets and you lose financial security?

What happened to Capt. Semrau was a travesty. What this man did was a bigger one. However, all Canadian citizens, no matter their career path, have certain rights, which in the eyes of the law are immutable. Lets not start stripping those rights away from anyone, soldiers, police officers, or average citizens; because it is those rights that help make Canada such a great nation.

It.s certainly a slippery slope, although the urge is there to really punish him, one must consider society as a whole.

It.s certainly a slippery slope, although the urge is there to really punish him, one must consider society as a whole.