But it lays out a detailed timeline of Fortin’s sacking from PHAC that had previously been kept under wraps. Eyre phoned Fortin later the same evening to say the privy council office — the prime minister’s department — was informed of the investigation. Eyre, the document says, assured Fortin he would continue to advocate for “due process, the presumption of innocence” and that he be allowed to stay in the job. On April 15, Eyre told Fortin the complainant did not want to make the complaint public. It says the decision was taken by the ministers, the prime minister and the clerk of the privy council (Janice Charette is acting in the job).

Source: thestar June 14, 2021 22:13 UTC