The decision to boost Gen. Jon Vance’s salary to as much as $306,000 even when government officials knew about sexual misconduct allegations would have been based on information from public servants and ministers, according to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office.
But Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan claims he was never involved in Vance’s 2019 pay increase.
The Commons defence committee is expected to look into the issue of why Trudeau decided to give Vance a raise and keep him on as chief of the defence staff for years, even after being informed about sexual misconduct allegations against the general. Opposition MPs on the committee have asked for the government documentation used to support the salary increase Vance received in 2019.
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