Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan takes part in a press conference via video link in Ottawa on March 24, 2021.The federal Liberals are being accused of letting down victims of military sexual misconduct as a parliamentary committee prepares to rise for the summer without producing a report on the government’s handling of allegations involving former defence chief Jonathan Vance.
“Multiple defence reports are now casualties of this government’s partisan antics,” Conservative committee member Bob Benzen told the House of Commons on Wednesday. “The Liberal members continue to place their party above the people, and especially above victims of misconduct in our military.” Liberal committee member Anita Vandenbeld, who is also Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan’s parliamentary secretary, was not immediately available for comment.
Global News first reported allegations in February that Vance had a relationship with a subordinate that began in 2001 and continued after he accepted the top job in 2015. Vance has also been accused of sending a lewd email to a junior member in 2012. The motion is one of three that the party can choose to have the House of Commons debate during a special opposition day on Thursday, which would lead to a vote next week. The others include one on parliamentary rulings and another on Canada-China relations.
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