A SLAP ON THE WRIST FOR GENERAL VANCE

Gen. Jonathan Vance, the country’s former chief of the defense staff, pleaded guilty on Wednesday morning to one count of obstruction of justice laid against him.

The charge came after military police launched an investigation following allegations of inappropriate behaviour.

According to court documents filed last year, military police alleged that between Feb. 1 and Feb. 3, Vance “did willfully attempt to obstruct the course of justice in a judicial proceeding by repeatedly contacting Mrs K.B. by phone and attempting to persuade her to make false statements about their past relationship to the Canadians Forces National Investigation Service, contrary to section 139(1) of the Criminal Code.”