Category: Vance

In East Palestine After Toxic Derailment, Sen. Vance Has Questions for Railroad, Feds

February 16, 2023
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Speaking from East Palestine, Ohio, site of the Feb. 3 derailment of a Norfolk Southern Railway train and subsequent deliberate burn of freight cars containing toxic chemicals, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) questioned Norfolk Southern’s actions and the responsiveness of federal authorities. Vance’s Feb. 16 visit comes as Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has informed Ohio…

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Tories Take Aim at PM’s Top Aide Over Vance Allegations as Sajjan Dodges Questions

May 2, 2021
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OTTAWA—The federal Conservatives are taking aim at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s top aide as they press the government over its handling of a sexual−misconduct complaint against general Jonathan Vance. The Tories on Friday tabled a proposed motion calling for Trudeau to dismiss his chief of staff, Katie Telford, after another of the prime minister’s advisers…

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The Scandal That Should Be Roiling Canada But Isn’t

April 26, 2021
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Commentary The scandal currently not roiling Canada over military sexual misconduct is a classic case of a fish rotting from the head. Not just a green one. A political class that threw it in the alley when nobody was looking and is now going: Smell? What smell? Well, the very credible allegations against former chief…

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Conservatives to Call Aides to Sajjan, Trudeau to Testify on Vance Allegations

March 7, 2021
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OTTAWA—The federal Conservatives say they want to hear when two senior Liberal officials first learned about allegations of sexual misconduct by Gen. Jonathan Vance and what they did about them. The Conservatives say they are planning to call Zita Astravas and Elder Marques to testify before the House of Commons’ defence committee as it continues…

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Parliamentary Committee Poised to Investigate Allegations Against Ex Defence Chief Vance

February 9, 2021
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OTTAWA—A parliamentary committee is expected to launch formal hearings today into allegations of inappropriate conduct by former defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance—and what the Liberal government knew about them. The planned investigation by the House of Commons’ defence committee follows a Global News report last week that Vance allegedly had an ongoing relationship with a…

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