Gen. Jonathan Vance

Appearing virtually before an Ottawa courtroom, Vance entered the unprecedented plea following a year that saw the Canadian Forces embroiled in what experts ...

“I can’t imagine how the women in this in this case are feeling. And so it’s a good thing we didn’t,” Vance said to Brennan. I think it works particularly well for service members,” she continued. Global News obtained recordings of three phone conversations between Vance and Brennan that took place on Feb. 1. He owned the CFNIS.” “They have so many examples and so many reports of what they can do to change the toxic culture in the Armed Forces. And they haven’t moved as quickly as women serving women and men deserve.” Mathyssen said Vance is not being held “accountable” and that the case is a sign the government needs to move more quickly to implement reforms targeting military culture. Vance cannot communicate with Brennan except through legal counsel on matters pertaining to family court. A victim impact statement, written by Brennan, was not read out. Vance contacted Brennan multiple times before Global News reported the allegations on Feb. 2, and advised her of the need to be “clear on our story, and that you stick to it.” Holmes, while agreeing to the conditional discharge, urged the court to consider that none of the letters written in support of Vance acknowledged or made mention of his crime, suggesting there was “willful blindness” on the part of the authors to the “underlying facts.” The presiding judge agreed to the requests, saying that all evidence presented indicated that Vance was a “man of good character.”