Dany Fortin’s lawyers cite Patty Hajdu interview comment in court fight over his firing

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Fortin’s lawyers cite Patty Hajdu’s comment in his court fight. Hajdu said she learned of an investigation involving Fortin in March and agreed with the decision to relieve him of his duties at the health agency in May

Major General Dany Fortin responds to a question on COVID-19 vaccines during a news conference in Ottawa on Jan. 14.Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin’s lawyers are citing Health Minister Patty Hajdu’s statements during a television interview in May in their fight to prove their client’s removal as head of Canada’s vaccine distribution campaign constituted improper political interference.

According to a transcript filed in Federal Court, Hajdu told the interviewer that she first learned of an investigation involving Fortin in March and agreed with PHAC president Iain Stewart’s decision to relieve him of his duties at the health agency in May.Fortin’s lawyers have been arguing that only acting defence chief Gen. Wayne Eyre had the power under the law to remove their client from his position given that he was still a serving member of the Canadian military while working at PHAC.

 

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CalgaryRugbyDad Hajdu is incompetent on pretty much every file. I think Fortin is going to win this.

Meanwhile Back at the Cottage ❄️🎈🤡🧦😜🇨🇦 Someone Got a Raise!

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