How long is too long?

In an editorial published in the Ottawa Citizen on January 16, 2018, questions are being raised about the continued suspension of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman by his then boss, General Jonathan Vance, Chief of the Defence Staff, on January 6, 2017. While conducting their investigation into allegations of unauthorized leaks of Cabinet confidences related to the procurement of a supply vessel, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has executed a number of search warrants (including Norman's family home) and interviewed approximately 30 people.

Today, the Ottawa Citizen reveals that the Norman case has now been transferred from the head office of the Public Prosecution Office to a subsidiary office in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Ottawa Citizen also reveals that the RCMP are now re-interviewing federal public servants. William E. Gladstone's famous adage: "Justice delayed is justice denied" aptly fits the current scenario.