The attack against the Canadian military is coming from within

Like those Soviet commanders who went down in 1981, the damage being done to the Canadian Armed Forces is self-inflicted.

Retired chief of defence staff General Jonathan Vance, left, his successor Admiral Art McDonald, and former vaccine-rollout leader Major-General Dany Fortin have all undergone investigation because of allegations of sexual misconduct or other dubious actions, which they have denied. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and photograph courtesy of Twitter

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

October 25, 2021

OTTAWA—On Feb. 7, 1981, a Soviet Navy Tupolev-104 passenger plane crashed immediately after taking off from the Pushkin airbase near St. Petersburg. All 50 passengers aboard were killed, including the Commander of the Soviet Pacific fleet and 27 other top-ranking naval officers. This decapitation...

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