I'm John Bachelor with Conrad Black, distinguished biographer writing the National Post about

Major General Danny Fortin now retired from the Canadian military, the Fairfax outline.

In 1991, then Danny Fortin, graduating to become a second lieutenant, graduated from the academy.

In 2021, Danny 410, then a major general was accused by an unnamed woman of sexual assault in 1988. In 2022, the case was acquitted by a judge. In 2023, Major General retiring from the military

is seeking an explanation for his abuse, defamation in public and yet no documentation has been

produced so far. To help me on this is Conrad Black because the case involves a

different jurisprudence that The case was tried in Quebec and also

an understanding of a man who looks like he served nobly, admirably, and heroically, including NATO missions in Iraq over three decades.

Conrad, a very good evening to you.

Danny Fortin, this latest, his attempt to clear his name with no documentation please help me

understand that what do you mean no documentation these are records of a man's

honor exactly well this is what was so implausible about it as he himself said.

Here he was a major general, which is the same rank in the United States Army.

It's a commander of a division, approximately 20,000 men.

You know, it's a very serious command position and only a lieutenant general and a full general is above you and in an

overseas major foreign war a theater commander in your country's five-star

general but Omar Bradley was the last one.

That was a long time ago.

And so it's a very high and responsible rank and you were in charge of you know you have command of

20,000 men potentially in combat and he served in as you say all these years

over 30 years in the Canadian Army and in all the actions

we are engaged in always with distinction always promoted and this woman

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