Committee testimony not providing clarity on who made the right call in the Vance affair

Gary Walbourne told the committee he expected the minister to 'do his job,' but by his own admission, Harjit Sajjan did take almost immediate action by notifying the Privy Council Office.

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, left, and former military ombudsman Gary Walbourne, right, have both testified before the House National Defence Committee in recent weeks about their actions in relation to allegations of sexual impropriety levelled against former chief of the defence staff Jonathan Vance. Screenshots via ParlVu

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

March 10, 2021

OTTAWA—Last week, the burgeoning military sexual misconduct scandal was highlighted by the appearance of former Canadian Forces ombudsman Gary Walbourne before a parliamentary committee. In his March 3 testimony, Walbourne claimed that in 2018, he had notified Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan of an ...

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