Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan told the House of Commons defence committee today that he was "shocked" by the allegations against Gen. Jonathan Vance, which emerged two weeks ago in a report by Global News. Sajjan also told MPs today that any such allegations brought to his attention have been raised with the "appropriate authorities." Minister Sajjan must stop hiding the truth from Canadians and answer when he became aware of these allegations and what actions he took." The opposition MPs said Sajjan should have removed Vance immediately upon hearing allegations of inappropriate conduct. "You knew there were allegations of a very serious nature against the person in charge of the program for rooting out sexual misconduct in the military," Garrison told Sajjan.

Source: CBC News February 19, 2021 22:41 UTC