Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday once again defended how Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan handled an allegation the ex-military ombudsman brought to him in 2018 about Gen. Jonathan Vance, despite the former watchdog testifying Sajjan refused to look at evidence. Trudeau said that everything was handled properly and it was the ombudsman who did not provide enough information for the Privy Council Office to open a probe. He also said he still had confident in the decisions Sajjan was making.
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