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The Canadian Military’s Sexual Misconduct Crisis Explained
Why the Canadian military is embroiled in another moment of reckoning. Zi-Ann Lum Updated
May 12, 2021
The facade of the headquarters of the Department of National Defence in Ottawa. (Photo: The Canadian Press / Adrian Wyld)
The Canadian military is embroiled in another moment of reckoning. Separate allegations of sexual misconduct against former chief of defence staff General Jonathan Vance and his successor, Admiral Art McDonald, have spurred a controversy that is testing the armed forces’ commitment to eradicating sexual harassment and violence and the federal government’s “feminist approach” to policy. (Vance has denied the allegations and McDonald has not commented publicly, citing an ongoing investigation.)
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OTTAWA Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chief of staff has offered to testify at a House of Commons committee investigating allegations of sexual misconduct against Canada’s former top military commander.
Katie Telford wrote members of the defence committee Thursday, offering to testify at their meeting Friday.
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Opposition parties have been demanding she appear to explain an apparent discrepancy between Trudeau’s assertion that his office did not know a complaint against general Jonathan Vance involved sexual misconduct and other testimony and emails suggesting that it did know.
Trudeau aide Katie Telford questions if she could ve done more on military misconduct
by Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press
Posted May 7, 2021 1:54 pm EDT
Last Updated May 7, 2021 at 1:58 pm EDT
OTTAWA Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chief of staff says she has asked herself in recent months whether she could have done more to fight sexual misconduct in Canada’s armed forces.
Katie Telford testified at a parliamentary defence committee today that she didn’t learn the content of a complaint against Canada’s former top soldier until February when it was reported publicly.
She says then-Trudeau aide Elder Marques told her in 2018 it was a “personal misconduct” complaint against defence chief Jonathan Vance, and it was directed to the appropriate channel of the Privy Council Office to be dealt with.