MONTREAL --
The senior army officer as soon as tasked with overseeing Canada's COVID-19 vaccination drive is opting to have his sexual assault case tried by a Quebec decide and not using a jury current.
A lawyer for Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin introduced the choice throughout a quick listening to in a Gatineau courtroom this morning.
Fortin was faraway from his place on the vaccine marketing campaign in Could and was charged with one rely of sexual assault in August.
He's combating for reinstatement to his former position with the Public Well being Company of Canada alleging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and different senior members of the Liberal authorities turfed him for purely political causes.
A Federal Courtroom decide tossed out his request for reinstatement in October however Fortin is interesting.
His felony case is anticipated again in court docket Friday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Jan. 24, 2022.
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This story was produced with the monetary help of the Fb and Canadian Press Information Fellowship
Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin speaks to reporters exterior the Gatineau Police Station after being processed, in Gatineau, Que., on Aug. 18, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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