Recent revelations in Norman case highlight DND’s pattern of defiance

This was not the Department of National Defence’s first rodeo, and it won’t be its last.

Vice-Admiral Mark Norman and his lawyer, Marie Heinen, are pictured outside court in Ottawa on May 8, 2019. That day, the Crown dropped its breach-of-trust charges against Norman. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

August 12, 2020

OTTAWA—There were a series of stories last week by Ottawa Citizen reporter David Pugliese which clearly illustrate the culture of defiance and invincibility that exists within National Defence Headquarters’ upper echelons. The genesis of this current saga has its roots dating back to som...

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