Military Police Investigating Misconduct Allegations Against Vance, Defence Department Confirms
The military police have started their investigation into allegations of misconduct against former chief of the defence staff Jonathan Vance, the Defence Department has confirmed.
Vance is alleged to have engaged in inappropriate behaviour with two female subordinates. One is a relationship he had with a woman he significantly outranked. The other is a sexual comment made to a much younger woman in 2012 before he was appointed defence chief, according to a report by Global News on Feb. 2.
The report said Vance acknowledged dating the first woman nearly 20 years ago, but their relationship was never sexual. He said he had no recollection of making the sexual comment to the woman in the second instance, but if he had done so it would have been intended as a joke and he was willing to apologize.
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by The Canadian Press
Last Updated Jan 31, 2021 at 7:54 pm ADT
CUT KNIFE, Sask. Canada’s Indigenous and military leaders paid tribute and offered condolences to the family of a Juno Beach veteran of the Second World War, who also advocated for Indigenous veterans after the war ended.
“Today, Canada lost a great First Nations leader in Philip Favel,” Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde tweeted Sunday.
“A Juno Beach Veteran and a lifelong advocate, Philip was a beacon of hope for many,” Bellegarde added.
Favel was 98.
Born in Prongua, Sask., which is part of the Sweetgrass First Nation, Favel worked as a laborer on his father’s farm before joining the Canadian Army in May 1942 and training as a driver in Maple Creek, Sask.