2nd Cdn Chief of Defence Staff resigns over sexual harassment claim

Less than a month ago [on February 4th, to be exact. Ed.] Walt told youthe sad story of Canadian Army General Jonathan Vance, who was forced to step down from his position as Chief of Defence Staff over concerns about his alleged intimate relationship with a junior officer. Tsk, tsk. "Me Too!"

That was kind of funny (not "funny curious" but "funny haha") because Gen. Vance was the driving force behind "Operation Honour", the Canuck military's PR campaign to quash sexual misconduct in the forces. French-speaking members of the military quickly transformed the name of the exercise into "`Op On Her".

Nothing deterred, the alleged government of Liberal Prime Minister Blackie McBlackface appoint a new CDS, in the person of Admiral Art McDonald. In announcing the appointment, Mr Socks praised him in these words: "Vice-Admiral Ronald... sorry... Art McDonald brings decades of experience in a variety of command and staff roles, and I am confident that he will provide dedicated leadership to the Canadian Armed Forces as they continue to respond wherever is needed to protect Canadians and our values."

"Canadian values"... yes... sure. Just two days ago, Adm. McDonald sent a message to all Canadian Forces personnel saying he was committed to earning their trust as well as taking bold action against sexual misconduct! 

The ink was barely dry on the press release when a source contacted the meeja with a series of allegations of sexual misconduct, complete with the specific file number for an ongoing police investigation that had been launched a month earlier. 

A victim had come forward and multiple witnesses were providing corroborating statements to police, the source noted. Just seven hours later, 45 minutes before midnight, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan (the Hero of Afghanistan -- you can look it up) announced the CDS was "voluntarily" leaving the job "until the probe was completed." 

Whether Adm. McDonald will regain his position as Monarch of the Sea remains to be seen, but at least Canucks can be glad that, unlike the British Navy, which has always "run on rum and buggery", Her Majesty's Canadian Navy is staffed by officers and men [and women. Ed.] who are resolutely heterosexual.

VIDEOS: Proud Boys declared a terrorist organization (?!)

Yesterday, the Proud Boys, founded by Gavin McInnes, was declared a terrorist organization amid an apparent crackdown on far-right violence. The action was taken, the government says, because Proud Boys members allegedly [There's that word again. Read: Nothing's been proven in court. Ed] took part in the January 6th "mostly peaceful demonstration" on the Capitol of the Excited States of America. 

So it's only reasonable that Sleepy Joe Biden's shiny new administration would take action to suppress the Proud Boys... right? Except that the "government" referred to in the first paragraph was that of Canada, Justin "Mr Socks" Trudeau, Prop.

What? Really?! Why would the Canucks do that, when the alleged "attack" happened in Washington DC, 455 miles (as the Jim Crow flies) from the World's Second-coldest Capital? Surely it can't be because the Proud Boys was founded by a certified Canajan hoser, Gavin McInnes, whose comments and videos have been referenced many times on WWW.

You'll have to look quick to find those that have survived the censorship of YouTube. Many, such as the one embedded in "Gavin McInnes calls Canada 'a fucking mess'" (WWW 15/1/17) have already been consigned to the "memory hole". 

Apparently the alleged "terrorism" is related to activities against the US of A and its alleged government, and thus is not the business of Canadian politicians. Think again. On January 25th, Canuckistan's House of Commons passed a motion proposed by the pinko New Democratic Party (which has been propping up Blackie McBlackface's minority Liberal government) calling on the said government to list the Proud Boys as terrorists. And so it did, becoming the first government of any country, anywhere, to designate the Proud Boys as terrorists, along with the likes of Blood & Honour, Combat 18, Atomwaffen and the Base. 

The Hon. Bill Blair, who jumped from being Toronto's police chief to "Public Safety Minister" of Canuckistan, told the lickspittle meeja the "listing process" had been underway for months and the decision was "based on evidence, intelligence and the law," not politics. Since 2018, he said, Canadian authorities have noticed "an escalation of violence by the Proud Boys", making the group a "growing concern."

Walt wonders if anyone has taken the time to look into the origins and objectives of the Proud Boys. According to founder Gavin McInnes, it is not anti-American or even anti-Canadian, although I'm sure he stands by his description of Canada as a "fucking mess". (It's worse now than it was three years ago.) In fact -- the real facts, not the fake news disseminated by the Gliberals -- the Proud Boys is all about protesting the feminist emasculation of Western men, and standing up for true masculinity. Here are two videos in which Mr McInnes puts the record straight, and we do mean straight.

   

What Mr McInnes says is evidently not heard by "terrorism experts", like Prof. Amarnath Amarasingam, of Queen's University in Kingston ON. (I wonder if the words "Tamil Eelam" mean anything to him. But I digest.) 

Sez the perfesser, "While the Proud Boys designation is a bit surprising, the others were a long time coming. Atomwaffen and the Base are only growing in size and violent rhetoric. They are also openly trying to recruit among more general far-right movements. Many of these groups have grown in their threat precisely because they are able to operate out in the open in terms of fundraising and recruiting. The listing should make all of this harder to do with impunity."

Aha! There's the nub of it. It is not illegal in Canada... yet... to belong to the Proud Boys or any other designated terrorist group, but it is illegal to support them by donating money, or even by buying their merch. Yes folks, you can go to jail for buying a Proud Boys tractor cap, tee or toque... or anything like this... or this... Of course you won't find it on Amazon, even though (((Jeff Bezos))) has stepped down, and it probably won't be long before it disappears from eBay too. But keep looking, and be PROUD to wear it!

Canada's top general latest victim of "Me Too"

Meet General Jonathan Holbert Vance, CMM, MSC, CD, recently --very recently -- retired from the Canadian Army. General Vance served as the chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Armed Forces from 2015 to 2021. 

As reported here -- see "Canadian Armed Forces' 'Operation Hop on Her'", WWW 26/10/15 --  Jonboy was also the driving force behind Operation Honour, the military's PR campaign to quash sexual misconduct in the Canadian Forces, or at least stop people from talking about it. 

But (as Walt reported) Canadian boys will be Canadian boys [except of course for those who haven't had the op yet. Ed.] It didn't take long for some uniformed wags to come up with a new name for the plan. Some recruits at the Royal Military College, as well as other Canadian Forces personnel including individuals at National Defence headquarters in Ottawa, transmuted "Op Honour" to "Hop On `Er". [Geddit? If not, imagine saying "Op Honour" with a French-Canadian accent. It's a pun! Ed.] 

Now that General Vance has stepped down from his lofty position, some junior officers are suggesting that his alleged [We media professionals always say that. Ed.] behaviour undercut that initiative.

They say now that concerns about Jonboy's alleged relationships with female subordinates [Female! Nothing wrong with Jonboy. Ed.] were talked about among military leaders and in the defence community over the past several years, but no action was taken because "no official complaints were ever filed." 

(That's the same excuse used by former Governor General Julie Payette, even though it was disclosed earlier this week that indeed a complaint had been lodged even while the investigation into her unregal behaviour was under way.)

Yesterday, the Canadian Forces announced it will investigate allegations about the former chief of the defence staff. National Defence spokesthingy Dan "the Man" Le Bouthillier said the investigation will be independent but added that the "specifics around any investigation have yet to be determined." In other words (translated from government-speak), they're going to investigate something, but they don't know what.

The investigation follows a report by Canada's Global News that General Vance allegedly had an ongoing relationship with a woman he significantly outranked. [Not a non-com, shurely! Ed.] Global also reported the general is alleged to have made a sexual suggestion [not to be confused with a suggestion related to sex and travel? Ed.] to a second, much younger soldier in 2012, before he was appointed chief of the defence staff. So presumably that doesn't count.

But wait, as Vince Offer (the SlapChop guy) used to say; there's more! "Sources" say concerns about allegations of General Vance's alleged behaviour were acknowledged among senior staff and their wives when the general was named as chief of the defence staff in 2015 by then Prime Minister Steve Harpoon. 

Other generals were also aware of allegations and some National Defence headquarters staff discussed the situation among themselves but without formal complaints from the women they did nothing. Although the relationships may have been consensual, sources say there were concerns about the alleged "power-imbalance" of having a senior officer allegedly in a relationship with a woman in lower-ranked positions.

That's enough alleged allegations for today. We're certain General Vance is an officer and a gentleman. Or at least, he used to be. Ed.