“While I am relieved to be exonerated of any wrongdoing, I am disappointed it has taken this long,” Norman told the news conference. “The alarming and protracted bias of perceived guilt across the senior levels of government has been quite damaging, and the emotional and financial impacts of this entire ordeal have taken their toll.”
Norman was at times emotional, particularly when describing the effect this had on his family. “The hardest part is watching my family have to live with this on a day to day basis,” he said. He also said he was deeply affected by receiving letters and donations — even as small as $5 — from Second World War veterans.
He also learned from a reporter’s question that Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan had announced the government would pay for his legal fees. “Wow,” was all he could muster in response. In 2017, the Department of National Defence had denied Norman’s request for financial assistance, concluding he was likely guilty.
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