Investigation into Fortin referred to Quebec prosecutor
Posted May 19, 2021 1:02 pm.
Last Updated May 19, 2021 1:57 pm.
OTTAWA — Canada’s military police say they have referred their investigation into the general who oversaw Canada’s vaccination campaign to Quebec’s prosecution service.
Military police are also confirming in a statement released this afternoon that the investigation relates to an allegation of sexual misconduct against Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin.
The statement does not say when the case was sent to Quebec’s director of criminal and penal prosecutions, which has responsibility for laying charges in the province.
But the referral for potential charges would explain why acting chief of the defence staff Lt.-Gen. Wayne Eyre abruptly sidelined Fortin from his position overseeing the vaccination campaign late Friday.
CTV has reported that the investigation relates to an allegation that Fortin exposed himself to a woman while he was a student at the Royal Military College in Saint-Jean, Que., in 1989.
Fortin’s lawyer has said his client was unaware of the details of the allegation until a reporter contacted him on Sunday, and that Fortin categorically denies any wrongdoing.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 19, 2021.
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