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Canada’s new minister of National Defence has now been released from the Canadian Forces.

Last week the Ottawa Citizen reported that Vancouver South MP Harjit Sajjan, a lieutenant colonel in the army reserves, was trying to get his release from the Canadian Forces. He was named the country’s new defence minister on Nov. 4 by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

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Sajjan’s status as a serving member of the military put him in a unique situation in that theoretically he would be required to take orders from generals who are supposed to be answering to him.

“The Minister of National Defence’s release from the Canadian Armed Forces is currently being processed in order to ensure that he receives the appropriate benefits based his long and honorable service in the CAF,” Department of National Defence spokesman Daniel Le Bouthillier said last week.

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“The MND requested his release on October 21, 2015 and the process is expected to be resolved this week.”