Allegations about Vance circulated at NATO HQ in 2014, but no police investigation was conducted: documents The documents provide a rare view into how the senior leadership reacted when concerns were first raised about Vance.
Author of the article: David Pugliese • Ottawa Citizen
Publishing date: Jun 01, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 5 minute read Canada s former chief of defence staff, Jon Vance Photo by Matthew Fisher /Postmedia
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The Canadian Forces leadership first heard allegations of inappropriate behaviour by Gen. Jon Vance in the fall of 2014, but did not ask for a military police investigation.
Instead, officers discussed trying to dispel the stories circulating about Vance at a NATO headquarters in Italy, according to Canadian Forces documents obtained by this newspaper.
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