Adrian Wyld/CP Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan speaks at a news conference in Ottawa on April 8, 2019. OTTAWA — Vice-Admiral Mark Norman and defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance are being given “their privacy and their space,” Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan insisted Wednesday as he was grilled over why Norman has not yet been reinstated into the military. Sajjan sidestepped questions over whether the Trudeau government has an opinion on Norman’s desire to return to duty after the breach-of-trust case against him was dropped earlier this month. Crown prosecutors stayed the case May 8 after Norman’s lawyers unearthed new information, at which point Norman said he wanted to return to work. Sajjan suggested the matter is out of the government’s hands and instead rests completely with Vance and Norman.

Source: Huffington Post May 29, 2019 15:13 UTC