Without assurances of support from the defence minister, a woman who made an informal complaint in 2018 against Canada’s top soldier wanted to let the matter go, the military’s former ombudsman told the Star.
As a result, Gary Walbourne said he did not pass on an allegation of misconduct to his successor about Jonathan Vance, the now retired general who was then Canada’s chief of the defence staff.
“No, I didn’t pass it on, because the complainant asked me to let it go,” Walbourne said. “Once I couldn’t get top cover from the minister, she was out.”
