By Canadian Press

Military misses Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, ready to welcome him back: Top general

May 8, 2019 | 4:29 PM

OTTAWA — Defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance says the military has missed Vice-Admiral Mark Norman and that the two of them will discuss Norman’s return to active duty as soon as possible.

The comment is in a statement released following the Crown’s surprise decision to stay its breach-of-trust case against Norman, who wants to be reinstated into the Canadian Forces.

Vance suspended Norman as the military’s second-in-command in January 2017, when the RCMP was investigating Norman for allegedly leaking cabinet secrets.

While Norman remained a member of the military, he was formally relieved of his post as vice-chief of the defence staff last June after the RCMP charged him.

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But with the Crown’s having stayed the case, Vance says the circumstances that led to his suspending Norman no longer apply.

Norman, who was seen as a potential successor to Vance as chief of defence staff before he was charged, has acknowledged uncertainty about what new role he could play in the Forces.

The Canadian Press