Two days set aside for former vaccine task force chief's sexual assault trial

Two days have been set aside for the criminal trial of Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, the former head of Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

Fortin’s trial was scheduled for Sept. 19-20 at the Gatineau courthouse Friday.

The military commander was charged in August with one count of sexual assault stemming from an incident alleged to have taken place in 1988, when he was a student at the Royal Military College Saint-Jean.

Fortin has pleaded not guilty to the charge and had said his family has been living through a “nightmare.”

Earlier this week, Fortin opted to have his criminal court case tried by a Quebec judge without a jury present.