Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan and other senior government officials will be called before the defence committee for three planned hearings about the growing controversy involving Gen. Jonathan Vance, the former chief of the defence staff. The relationship with the woman, who is now his wife, was cleared by Canadian military investigators. CBC News also reported that the former military ombudsman, Gary Walbourne, took a separate informal complaint of misconduct involving Vance to the defence minister in March 2018. Minister of National Defence Harjit Sajjan takes part in a year-end interview with The Canadian Press at National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. The Canadian military recently updated its campaign to stamp out sexual harassment within the ranks.

Source: CBC News February 09, 2021 21:49 UTC