The country's top military commander said today there was no political input into his decision to suspend Vice-Admiral Mark Norman from his post over two years ago. Other than informing Trudeau, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan and senior government officials that Norman was under RCMP investigation, Vance said that he had "never, ever spoken to anybody political about this — beyond that — ever. "I did not remove him because of pressure from the prime minister, or the minister, or anybody else," Vance said in a telephone interview. Shortly after notifying the Prime Minister's Office, Vance said, the phone rang. The motion passed unanimously, however the vote took place after the prime minister and some ministers had already left the House.

Source: CBC News May 17, 2019 21:11 UTC