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Senior members of the Liberal government have become ensnared by allegations that they hushed up or ignored 2018 revelations that Canada’s top soldier was facing a sexual misconduct accusation.
It’s just the latest development in a scandal centring on Gen. Jonathan Vance, the former chief of defence staff who once vowed to root out sexual misconduct in the Canadian military but was allegedly simultaneously carrying on a clandestine affair with a subordinate.
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Military still searching for role for general after Defence Minister cans NATO job because of extramarital affair A National Defence spokesman said Lt.-Gen. Chris Coates new job is expected to be announced sometime in the future.
Author of the article: David Pugliese • Ottawa Citizen
Publishing date: Mar 11, 2021 • March 11, 2021 • 3 minute read Lt.-Gen. Chris Coates Photo by NORAD /Handout photo
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The Canadian military has still yet to find a role for a lieutenant general who lost his assignment because of an affair he had with a co-worker.
Lt.-Gen. Chris Coates, the head of Canadian Joint Operations Command, was supposed to have taken a top position with NATO in Italy, but Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan recently quashed that high-profile job after he learned of the general’s affair with a civilian co-worker.