DND officials erected roadblocks as military ombudsman tried to help soldiers, documents reveal
DND took away the financial authority for the ombudsman’s office in May 2015 after the Auditor General produced a report criticizing spending.
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DND took away the financial authority for the ombudsman’s office in May 2015 after the Auditor General produced a report criticizing spending.
Article content If you have any interest in federal politics, the end of the pandemic can’t come soon enough. For over a year, Canadians have been governed by Zoom democracy: virtual question periods, committees and press conferences. It’s not like we had many options as three waves of COVID-19 rolled across the country. But as this sorry session of Parliament comes to a sorry close, it is hopefully a situation Canada will not have to repeat. Why? Because the situation has made it near impossible to hold the government to account. You can’t have a level playing field in question period ...
Two different structures resulted in unclear roles and responsibilities, leading to gaps and duplication
OTTAWA - An internal Defence Department review completed last fall found significant problems and sh...
Contradictions pile up in the federal government's approach to military misconduct Weeks of hearings and a parade of witnesses before two parliamentary committees have — at the very least — uncovered a cascade of contradictions in the Liberal government's approach to sexual misconduct in the military. Social Sharing If the minister was trying to protect the chain of evidence, why did the military clear media interviews? Posted: Apr 08, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 8 Minister of National Defence Harjit Sajjan rises virtually during question period in the House of Commons on Par...