Harjit Sajjan was censured on Thursday after a majority of votes in the House of Commons condemned him over his handling of three files in his portfolio, including military sexual misconduct.The motion, put forward by Conservative defence critic James Bezan, was passed by a vote of 169-151.
The Bloc, NDP and Tories mostly voted in favour of the motion to censure, with Liberals voting against it.Bezan had put forward a motion to censure Sajjan for his handling of allegations of sexual misconduct within the Canadian Forces as well as his handling of the court case against Vice-Adm.
Mark Norman, the former chief of the defence staff, and Sajjan’s handling of the mission against ISIS. The motion also accuses Sajjan of “misleading Canadians.