(Ottawa) Major-General Dany Fortin has left the army, La Presse Canadienne has learned.
A source close to Mr. Fortin, who spoke on condition not to be identified because she was not authorized to speak publicly, says that a small reception to mark his departure took place Friday at the mess Canadian Army officers in Ottawa.
Dany Fortin was dismissed from his position in May 2021 as the person responsible for the Canadian COVID-19 vaccine deployment campaign. He was then the subject of an investigation for an allegation dating back to 1988, when he was at the Royal Military College of Saint-Jean, in Montérégie.
The major general was then accused of one count of sexual assault in August 2021, but he was acquitted last December, following a trial in the Superior Court of Quebec, in Gatineau.
A month later, following an internal review process, the Canadian Armed Forces concluded that “on the balance of probabilities,” Major-General Fortin “did not commit sexual misconduct.” But the officer was not reassigned to a new position and his terms of service in the army expired last July.
Mr. Fortin also recently settled his civil suit against the army and senior government officials for an undisclosed amount.
Asked Tuesday about his retirement, the Ministry of National Defense said it had nothing to add. Neither Mr. Fortin nor his civil lawyer responded to requests for comment Tuesday.