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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 then chief of the defence staff Gen. Jonathan Vance. Telford said she was not aware of the nature of th...

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 Canada's former top military commander, offering to testify at their meeting Friday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chief of staff has offered to testify at a House of Commons committee studying allegations of sexual miscond...

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 Trudeau's chief of staff, Katie Telford, offers to testify on Vance sexual misconduct allegations Back to video Opposition parties have been demanding she appear to explain an appa...

  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 contacted her office after Walbourne reported the allegation to Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, seek...

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, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or What you need to know about th...