iPolitics By Kady O Malley. Published on Apr 22, 2021 6:31am Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna testifies at committee today. Andrew Meade/iPolitics
Kellie Brennan, who will appear alongside retired
Lt. Gen. Christine Shawcross, who headed up the strategic response team on sexual misconduct, as well as other senior military officials this evening. (6:30 – 8:30 PM)
Meanwhile,
Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna heads to TRANSPORT to explain and, if necessary, defend billions of dollars in proposed expenditures laid out in the latest main estimates during a one-hour appearance alongside her deputy minister, Kelly Gillis, who will remain on call for a second hour of questions fielded by senior officials. (3:30 – 5:30 PM)
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Chief of Defence Staff Jonathan Vance, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau listen to Gov. Gen. Julie Payette deliver the throne speech in the Senate chamber in Ottawa on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. Trudeau s former adviser has agreed to appear before a parliamentary committee to answer questions about the Liberal government s handling of an allegation of sexual misconduct involving former defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
OTTAWA – The chairwoman of a parliamentary committee examining allegations of sexual misconduct involving former defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s former adviser has agreed to appear before the panel.
OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee is set to conclude its study into allegations of sexual misconduct in the Canadian military after a Liberal motion to do so passed.
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There was a moment where Harjit Sajjan let the veil fall. Canada’s defence minister was appearing before a Commons committee on Canada-China relations and was being questioned on the issue of the Trudeau government pressuring an independent group not to grant an award.
In case you missed it, over the weekend,
Politico reported that the Trudeau government had pressured the prestigious Halifax International Security Forum to deny a prize to Taiwan’s president. The forum, one of the preeminent conferences for democratically elected governments, had sought to award the John McCain Prize for Leadership in Public Service to Tsai Ing-wen, the president of Taiwan.