The House of Commons defence committee agreed Monday to summon Canada's former military ombudsman to further its investigation into what the Liberal government did and didn't know about allegations of inappropriate behaviour by the country's former chief of the defence staff before they became public. (Ashley Burke/CBC)NDP defence critic Randal Garrison went further and said the committee has to call Walbourne because of the minister's non-answers. Chief of Defence Staff Jonathan Vance and Minister of National Defence Harjit Sajjan listen to a question during a news conference in Ottawa on March 30, 2020. Drapeau said that might have helped to further any investigation PCO might have been prepared to undertake. The committee also heard today from retired Supreme Court justice Marie Dechamps, whose groundbreaking 2014 investigation prompted the military's crackdown on sexual misconduct.

Source: CBC News February 22, 2021 21:34 UTC