Top PMO aide got assurances ‘no one’s safety was at risk’ as probe into Vance allegation hit impasse

Katie Telford repeatedly deflected questions around whether she ‘deliberately withheld’ information from the prime minister, instead pointing to the advice the PMO received from the bureaucracy that it wouldn’t have been appropriate for political staffers and politicians to get involved.

Chief of staff to the prime minister Katie Telford, pictured May 7, 2021, says she 'was troubled' that the probe couldn't move forward without more information. Screen capture via ParlVu

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

May 7, 2021

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s top aide says she sought assurances from the bureaucracy that “no one’s safety was at risk” when it was unable to press forward with the probe into a misconduct allegation against now-retired chief of defence staff Gen. Jonathan...

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