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According to her statement of claim, Rogers joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 2006, and says she was subjected to persistent and systemic gender and sexual-orientation-based discrimination, bullying and harassment by male members, particularly during training.

She says female members were called names and treated as being weaker and inferior to male members.

Rogers claims she was sexually assaulted by a male member at Ontario’s CFB Borden in February 2012 but was reluctant to disclose the incident to her superiors.

“Ms. Rogers … did not trust that the chain of command would take her report seriously. She knew of other female members who had been sexually assaulted and had not reported the incidents due to similar concerns about retaliation, being labelled as a troublemaker, and receiving an inadequate and unreasonable response,” the statement of claim reads.

The document says she eventually reported the incident and the male member was found guilty, but he later appealed and was acquitted.

“She has suffered in a great way. She suffered from post traumatic stress, depression and was eventually discharged and lost her career,” Wagner said.

The claim alleges the Attorney General of Canada is vicariously liable for the alleged misconduct.

No one from the Canadian Armed Forces was immediately available for comment.

Wagner said it will likely be sometime next year before they know if the class action suit will proceed.