Vice-Admiral Norman’s removal: Sometimes silence isn’t golden

By keeping tight-lipped about his deputy’s removal, the chief of defence staff is ladling chum in a swirling shark tank of speculation.

Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, pictured last year, was last week temporarily relieved of his duties as the vice chief of defence staff. He got that job in August after three years as commander of the Royal Canadian Navy.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

January 25, 2017

OTTAWA—On Monday, Jan. 16 at 8 a.m., the office of the chief of defence staff issued a brief statement from the CDS, General Jonathan Vance. The bilingual message stated that Vice-Admiral Mark Norman was being temporarily relieved of his duties as the Canadian Armed Forces’ vice chief of defence...

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