Soldier who called on troops to refuse vaccine distribution faces mutiny related charge Officer Cadet Ladislas Kenderesi was charged with one count of endeavoring to persuade another person to join in a mutiny
Author of the article: David Pugliese • Ottawa Citizen
Publishing date: May 25, 2021 • 3 hours ago • 3 minute read A Canadian Forces member, introduced by organizers of an anti-lockdown rally as Leslie Kenderesi speaks at the gathering in Toronto. Photo by Screenshot from YouTube video /jpg
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A soldier who called on his fellow military personnel to refuse helping with the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines has been charged with an offence related to mutiny.
Author of the article: David Pugliese • Ottawa Citizen
Publishing date: May 25, 2021 • 7 hours ago • 3 minute read Military health-care personnel prepare for patients at a mobile health unit at Sunnybrook Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Photo by Nathan Denette /THE CANADIAN PRESS
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A soldier who called on his fellow military personnel to refuse helping with the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines has been charged with an offence related to mutiny.
It’s believed to be the first time in decades that the Canadian military has laid such a charge.
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Soldier Facing Charges After Urging Troops to Disobey, Not to Take Killer COVID Vaccine at Rally
On 5/25/21 at 5:34 PM EDT
A Canadian soldier is facing charges related to mutiny after claiming that the COVID-19 vaccine was a killer and urged his fellow military officers not to participate in the distribution of the vaccinations, reported CP24.
The soldier, Officer Cadet Ladislas Kenderesi, participated in an anti-lockdown rally on December 5, 2020, where he wore his Canadian Forces uniform and gave a speech, urging other Canadian Armed Forces members to stand against the government mandate to distribute the vaccine.
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Ottawa Citizen reported that Kenderesi had said, I might get in a lot of s for doing this, but I don t care anymore, to which the audience cheered.
Posted: May 14, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 14
Minister of National Defence Harjit Sajjan takes part in a news conference on May 7, 2020 in Ottawa.(Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
A long-promised survey of military sexual assault and misconduct survivors, both serving and retired, is about to be launched by the Department of National Defence â more than six months after Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said that getting their feedback would be key to enshrining victims rights into Canadian military law.
An internal department document obtained by CBC News shows one version of the survey will be posted on the Defence Wide Area Network (DWAN) â an internal Department of National Defence (DND) computer network used for training â and focuses on collecting statements from those who ve experienced sexual assault and misconduct offences.
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When Harjit Sajjan first jumped into federal politics for the Liberals in 2015 and was named defence minister, it seemed nearly impossible for the “badass” with real and successful military experience to fail in the eyes of the public.
In the days after his nomination to cabinet, a photo of Sajjan as a reservist rocking full military gear, dark sunglasses and a satisfied smirk, after the final victory in Operation Medusa in 2006 in Afghanistan, went viral on social media.
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