It’s now clear the senior brass are incapable of cleaning up widespread incidents of sexual assault, misconduct and harassment in the Canadian military.
Posted: Jun 13, 2021 11:20 PM ET | Last Updated: June 14
Vice-Admiral Craig Baines, Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, posted a public statement online Sunday night apologizing to all military members and national defence public servants for golfing with former chief of defence staff Gen. Jonathan Vance. (Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press)
The commander of the Royal Canadian Navy has publicly apologized for golfing with former top soldier, retired general Jonathan Vance, who is under a military police investigation over allegations of inappropriate behaviour with female subordinates.
Vice-Admiral Craig Baines issued a written statement Sunday night addressed to all military members and national defence public servants saying he was sorry for his conduct.
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“Oh f , did you send that to Sajjan?”
That was Liberal House leader Pablo Rodriguez, caught on a hot mic during a Zoom question period Monday afternoon. Rodriguez was reacting to a decision to have Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan answer a question about the cancellation of a defence committee meeting earlier in the day rather than the committee’s chair, Liberal MP Karen McCrimmon, who was apparently responsible for cancelling the meeting.
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“Oh f , did you send that to Sajjan?”
That was Liberal House leader Pablo Rodriguez, caught on a hot mic during a Zoom question period Monday afternoon. Rodriguez was reacting to a decision to have Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan answer a question about the cancellation of a defence committee meeting earlier in the day rather than the committee’s chair, Liberal MP Karen McCrimmon, who was apparently responsible for cancelling the meeting.
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Growing anger over the actions of a general who supported a sex offender has prompted an apology from the country’s top soldier on how the situation was…