Retired Gen. Jonathan Vance has been stripped of the prestigious Order of Military Merit after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice.
A notice of the revocation, which was approved on April 20, was published Friday in the Canada Gazette, the official federal government newspaper.
The revocation was approved by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon after an “individual request” that the Gazette notice suggests came from Vance himself. Read more: Trudeau not commenting on whether Vance should keep Order of Military Merit after guilty plea Vance pleaded guilty on March 30 to one count of obstruction of justice laid against him, and was conditionally discharged from the military that he had previously overseen as chief of the defence staff.
The charge came after military police launched an investigation following allegations of inappropriate behaviour first published by Global News last year.