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L’un des récents partenaires de golf de l’ancien chef d’état-major de la Défense, Jonathan Vance, peut donner des ordres aux plus hauts responsables de la police militaire.
TORONTO Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, the public face of Canada’s vaccine rollout since November, is facing a sexual misconduct claim against him that dates back more than 30 years, CTV News has learned. Sources tell CTV News that military police received a formal complaint against Fortin in March, alleging a “historical sexual assault.” The incident, sources say, allegedly dates back 32 years to early 1989, when Fortin was a student at the Royal Military College in Saint-Jean, Que. The sources, who are not authorized to speak publicly, said Fortin is under investigation for allegedly exposing himself before a woman. On Friday, the Department of National Defence announced that Fortin would be stepping away from his role overseeing the delivery and distribution of COVID-19 vaccine doses across the country, “pending the results of a military investigation.”
General leading Canada vaccine drive steps aside amid probe
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15/05/2021 - 05:48 Major General Dany Fortin, then commander of NATO Mission Iraq, speaks during an interview in Baghdad on November 17, 2019 SABAH ARAR AFP/File 2 min
Montreal (AFP)
The general in charge of coordinating Canada s Covid-19 vaccination campaign has left his post in the Public Health Agency as he is being investigated by the military, the Department of National Defence said Friday.
Formerly commander of the NATO mission in Iraq, Major-General Dany Fortin has left his public health assignment pending the results of a military investigation, authorities said in a brief statement, without elaborating.
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Exactly 25 years ago, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) were in the midst of a profound crisis with troubling news emerging daily from the Commission of Inquiry into the Deployment of Canadian Forces to Somalia. Originally convened to investigate the brutal murder of Shidane Arone in Canadian custody during operations in Somalia three years earlier, it quickly uncovered evidence of mass hazing of soldiers and other troubling incidents, as well as a brazen coverup by senior officials at National Defence Headquarters. It ultimately resulted in the chief of the defence staff resigning after being implicated in manipulating documents for public release two years earlier, and a sweeping set of reforms to the military.