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Fortin Leaves Vaccine Rollout Post Pending Military Investigation

Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, vice-president of logistics and operations at the Public Health Agency of Canada, participates in a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa, on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, vice-president of logistics and operations at the Public Health Agency of Canada, participates in a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa, on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
The Department of National Defence says Maj.Gen. Dany Fortin is off the job pending the results of a military investigation

OTTAWA — The military officer in charge of Canada's vaccine rollout has left his assignment with the Public Health Agency of Canada.

The Department of National Defence says in a release that Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin is off the job pending the results of a military investigation.

Acting chief of the defence staff, Lt.-Gen. Wayne Eyre, will be reviewing next steps with Fortin, according to the statement.

The Department says it will have no further comment.
  
— The Canadian Press.
 

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