Vance’s defence of party-plane antics is a load of hooey

The chief of defence staff said a band playing in the back of the plane was ‘team-building' and ‘not a party’ but ‘a mission.’ That’s a lame excuse.

Gen. Jonathan Vance, chief of the defence staff, has temporarily suspended VIP morale-boosting trips for military members overseas. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

March 7, 2018

OTTAWA—Over the past few weeks news has continued to leak out of the Department of National Defence about a party aboard a military flight that spiralled horribly out of control. The Feb. 9 announcement of a sexual assault charge against former NHL hockey player Dave “Tiger” Williams led to a ...

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