Canuckistan Breaking: Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin no longer leading vaccine campaign pending military investigation
OTTAWA – Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin has left his role with the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) asthe military general in charge of the logistics of Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine rolloutand is now thesubject of a military investigation.
The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces issued a joint statement late Friday evening, stating that acting Chief of the Defence Staff, Lieutenant-General Eyre will be reviewing next steps with Fortin.
Fortin's appointments include: Director of Operations at the Foreign and Defence Policy Secretariat within thePrivy Council Officein 2017.
Fortin also served as the commander of NATO’s Iraq mission between 2018-19 and most recently was the Chief of Staff for the Canadian Joint Operations Command.
In his latest role, he led a team of nearly 30 CAF members already working out of the PHAC’s “National Operations Centre,” and was given the official title within that agency of Vice President Logistics and Operations.
Several other high profile military leaders are also at the heart of investigations for allegations of misconduct.
The nature of the investigation into Fortin is unknown at this point.
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