Category Archives: Defence
DND, Veterans Affairs workers say harassment complaints not taken seriously: unions
OTTAWA — It has been nearly two years since a civilian employee at the Defence Department says she first lodged a workplace harassment complaint against one of her superiors and she says the bureaucratic stonewalling ever since has left her
Opposition blasts Liberals after debate to call PM’s top aide on Vance cancelled
OTTAWA — Opposition parties are up in arms after a parliamentary committee meeting in which members were planning to continue debating whether to call Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's chief of staff, Katie Telford, to testify was cancelled without notic...
Tories take aim at PM’s top aide over Vance allegations as Sajjan dodges questions
OTTAWA — The federal Conservatives are taking aim at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's top aide as they press the government over its handling of a sexual-misconduct complaint against general Jonathan Vance. The Tories on Friday tabled a proposed motion ...
Time is now for military to finally make real progress on sex misconduct, Arbour says
OTTAWA — Louise Arbour believes that after years of failed efforts and misfires, the time is finally ripe for real progress in the Canadian military’s fight against sexual misconduct. And the former Supreme Court Justice and United Nations human right...
Trudeau says review of military sexual misconduct a response to system-wide failures
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday an independent review of the military's handling of sexual misconduct is an attempt to correct a "failing of the entire system." "We have brought in a number of measures. They have all been
O’Toole defends Conservatives’ handling of Vance allegation in 2015
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he acted appropriately after hearing a "rumour" about Jonathan Vance months before the general took over as Canada's top military commander in July 2015. The comments follow new questions about the decisio...
PM defends aide, says office didn’t know Vance allegations were ‘Me Too complaint’
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vigorously defended his top aide on Tuesday, saying that while his office knew there was a complaint against then-defence chief general Jonathan Vance three years ago, no one knew it was about sexual misconduct.Th...
Military, civilian health workers heading to hot zones in Ontario, Nova Scotia
OTTAWA — Dozens of health professionals from the military, federal government, Canadian Red Cross and even Newfoundland and Labrador's front-line hospitals are being redeployed to COVID-19 hot zones during the relentless third wave of the pandemic in C...
Military to provide medical personnel to help Ontario
OTTAWA — The federal government is deploying military medical personnel to help Ontario's beleaguered health-care system with a deadly third wave of COVID-19. The government said Monday Ottawa has approved a request for assistance from Ontario to prov...
Tories want more hearings on Vance allegations, expected to call Trudeau’s top aide
OTTAWA — The federal Conservatives are demanding more hearings after a parliamentary committee heard testimony last week suggesting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chief of staff knew about a misconduct allegation against general Jonathan Vance. Member...
