Defence

Acting defence chief’s notes reveal weeks of intense discussions of how to handle Fortin allegation

Handwritten notes by Canada’s acting chief of defence staff before Maj.-Gen Dany Fortin’s removal as head of the country’s vaccine rollout reveal weeks of intense discussions between top government and military officials over how to handle the situation that was creating “anxiety” across the government.More than 100 pages of documents were filed in federal court…

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Defence committee launches parliamentary probe into Vance misconduct allegations

Federal Conservatives led the charge Tuesday for a House of Commons committee investigation into what the Liberal government did — and did not do — after being confronted almost three years ago with informal allegations of inappropriate behaviour by the country’s former top military commander.Gen. Jonathan Vance delivers remarks at the Ottawa Conference on Security and…

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