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TORONTO — Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, the public face of Canada’s vaccine rollout since November, is facing a sexual misconduct claim against him that dates back more than 30 years, CTV News has learned.

Sources tell CTV News that military police received a formal complaint against Fortin in March, alleging a “historical sexual assault.” The incident, sources say, allegedly dates back 32 years to early 1989, when Fortin was a student at the Royal Military College in Saint-Jean, Que.

The major-general leading Canada’s vaccine logistics at the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is stepping down under the cloud of a military investigation into a sexual misconduct allegation.

The Department of National Defence issued a terse three-line statement late Friday, saying that Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin is leaving his post and his future will be decided by the acting chief of the defence staff.

Neither the military, nor the department would say what kind of investigation has been launched, whether it involves military police, or if it is some other kind of internal review.

Same guy 24 hours previous…

“In a 20-year career, I have put inclusivity and diversity at the forefront of my work and never had a complaint made against me. If anyone who has worked with me has ever felt uncomfortable or disrespected, I sincerely apologise. I vehemently deny any sexual misconduct or wrongdoing and intend to defend myself against these false allegations,” he said.

Not 1 or 3 or 6 but 20 women have come forward so far.

Members of a private Facebook group for military police have been mocking testimony made by the woman at the heart of allegations of inappropriate behaviour by Gen. Jonathan Vance.

The aspersions targeting Maj. Kellie Brennan come after she appeared before a parliamentary committee probing high-level sexual misconduct in the Canadian Forces and said she does not believe military police will take the investigation into her allegations seriously.

Brennan testified during that committee that Vance was the father of two of her children.

Sajjan announces review of military sexual misconduct, plans for independent reporting system

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is launching an independent, external review into sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces led by former Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour.

The review will centre around providing recommendations to set up an independent reporting system so that military members can share allegations of sexual misconduct outside of the military chain of command — a key request by victims and survivors who say they have for too long faced reprisals for coming forward.

Over half of New York voters have an unfavorable view of Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo for the first time, and 44% believe he is guilty of sexual harassment allegations against him, according to a Monday Sienna College poll.

Without assurances of support from the defence minister, a woman who made an informal complaint in 2018 against Canada’s top soldier wanted to let the matter go, the military’s former ombudsman told the Star.

As a result, Gary Walbourne said he did not pass on an allegation of misconduct to his successor about Jonathan Vance, the now retired general who was then Canada’s chief of the defence staff.

“No, I didn’t pass it on, because the complainant asked me to let it go,” Walbourne said. “Once I couldn’t get top cover from the minister, she was out.”

Another woman is coming forward to accuse Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual misconduct, alleging that he grabbed her face and kissed her without her consent outside her home — and claiming to have photographic evidence.

For today’s gross-out news, take a look at the latest from New York’s once-vaunted, highly feted, Emmy award-winning Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) reporter and biographer Michael Shnayerson on Saturday alleged that Cuomo has has a history of “predatory behavior” that has been “evident for years.”

In a lengthy article published in Vanity Fair on Saturday afternoon, Shnayerson wrote that the most recent allegations of sexual misconduct and mistreatment of the press against Cuomo are consistent with the New York governor’s “checkered past.”