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The Commons defence committee is looking into who in the Liberal government knew about a claim of sexual misconduct involving Vance when it was first raised three years ago by Canada's former military ombudsman. Telford told the committee that on March 2, 2018, then defence ombudsman Gary Walbourne told Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan of an allegation of personal misconduct made against Vance. Elder Marques, who worked in the Prime Minister's Office at the time, told Telford that Sajjan's office was seeking advice from the PMO on how to "ensure that the allegations were properly addressed." ...

Trudeau's chief of staff to appear before defence committee Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chief of staff Katie Telford will appear before a parliamentary committee Friday afternoon, CBC News has learned. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: May 06, 2021 6:28 PM ET | Last Updated: May 6 Left: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Right: Trudeau's Chief of Staff, Katie Telford, who offered to appear before the National Defence committee Friday. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)

PM's chief of staff offers to testify on Vance sexual misconduct allegations by The Canadian Press Last Updated May 6, 2021 at 5:58 pm EDT OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chief of staff has offered to testify at a House of Commons committee studying allegations of sexual misconduct against Canada’s former top military commander. The Canadian Press has learned that Katie Telford has written members of the defence committee offering to testify at their meeting Friday. Opposition parties have been demanding she appear to explain an apparent discrepancy between Trudeau’s assertio...

Article content “Oh f—, did you send that to Sajjan?” That was Liberal House leader Pablo Rodriguez, caught on a hot mic during a Zoom question period Monday afternoon. Rodriguez was reacting to a decision to have Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan answer a question about the cancellation of a defence committee meeting earlier in the day — rather than the committee’s chair, Liberal MP Karen McCrimmon, who was apparently responsible for cancelling the meeting. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Tasha Kheiriddin: Liberals fear the shatter...

The Conservatives should resist the temptation to score cheap political points by going after Telford and, focus on the national interest – the removal of…