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Winnipeg Free Press By: Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press Posted: Last Modified: 4:28 PM CDT Tuesday, May. 18, 2021 Save to Read Later OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau says he first learned weeks ago that the general overseeing Canadas vaccination campaign was under investigation, which the prime minister described on Tuesday as "not an ideal situation." OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau says he first ...

Article content When Harjit Sajjan first jumped into federal politics for the Liberals in 2015 and was named defence minister, it seemed nearly impossible for the “badass” with real — and successful — military experience to fail in the eyes of the public. In the days after his nomination to cabinet, a photo of Sajjan as a reservist rocking full military gear, dark sunglasses and a satisfied smirk, after the final victory in Operation Medusa in 2006 in Afghanistan, went viral on social...

Katie Telford, Chief of Staff to Canadas Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, appears on a screen as she attends a House of Commons defence committee meeting on sexual misconduct in the armed forces, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada May 7, 2021. Photo by Patrick Doyle /The Canadian Press Article content OTTAWA – Justin Trudeau’s chief of staff says she was “very concerned” but had no details about the allegation weighing against then Chief of Defence Staff Jonathan Vance in 2018, though she was t...

Author of the article: Brian Lilley Publishing date: May 07, 2021  •  4 hours ago  •  3 minute read  •  Katie Telford, Chief of Staff to Canadas Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, appears on a screen as she attends a House of Commons defence committee meeting on sexual misconduct in the armed forces, in Ottawa, May 7, 2021. Photo by Patrick Doyle /REUTERS Article content Could Katie Telford have done more on the issue of sexual misconduct in the military? Absolutely she could have...

It will be sadly missed. A little overwrought perhaps, but we are witnessing the inevitable consequence of trying to govern everything from the centre. Katie Telford, the prime minister’s chief of staff, appeared at the committee to give her account of who knew what and when, in the military sexual misconduct scandal. She said the military ombudsman, Gary Walbourne, had pulled aside Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan in 2018 to make him aware of an allegation of personal misconduct against the...

It will be sadly missed. A little overwrought perhaps, but we are witnessing the inevitable consequence of trying to govern everything from the centre. Katie Telford, the prime minister’s chief of staff, appeared at the committee to give her account of who knew what and when, in the military sexual misconduct scandal. She said the military ombudsman, Gary Walbourne, had pulled aside Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan in 2018 to make him aware of an allegation of personal misconduct against the...

Katie Telford, Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, appears as a witness via videoconference during a House of Commons finance committee in Ottawa, Thursday, July 30, 2020. The Canadian Press has learned that Katie Telford has written members of the defence committee inquiry into allegations of sexual misconduct against Canadas former top military commander, offering to testify at their meeting Friday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chief of ...

Article content OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chief of staff has offered to testify at a House of Commons committee investigating allegations of sexual misconduct against Canada’s former top military commander. Katie Telford wrote members of the defence committee Thursday, offering to testify at their meeting Friday. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Trudeaus chief of staff, Katie Telford, offers to testify on Vance sexual miscond...

  OTTAWA -- The prime minister’s chief of staff says she was given no information about a complaint levied at the former defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance in March 2018 and was told there was “no safety issue” at hand. Katie Telford is appearing before the House of Commons’ defence committee Friday, as members seek to pin down who knew what and when about the allegation that was brought to light by former military ombudsman Gary Walbourne. She said the defence minister’s office ...

Article content Senior members of the Liberal government have become ensnared by allegations that they hushed up or ignored 2018 revelations that Canada’s top soldier was facing a sexual misconduct accusation. It’s just the latest development in a scandal centring on Gen. Jonathan Vance, the former chief of defence staff who once vowed to root out sexual misconduct in the Canadian military — but was allegedly simultaneously carrying on a clandestine affair with a subordinate. We apologize...