Reading about recent incidents of people getting fired for mistakes they made decades ago brought to mind a young Canadian who had a definite taste for…
It’s no secret that striving young comics can say some pretty ignorant stuff as they sort out what’s allowable and what isn’t. He’s apologized, but no matter. He’s out. Shouldn’t have been so dumb 23 years ago, Kentaro. Who are you to make mistakes?
Fortin was head of Canada’s vaccination rollout when the claim emerged and was forced to abruptly step down. He denies the allegation and is fighting the charge. He says in an affidavit that his removal was the work of “political interference in the military chain of command” — i.e., that he was steamrollered for political reasons because the prime minister didn’t want to wait for due process to take place or a reasonable investigation into the claim.
No matter, he’s out too. The truth of what happened 32 years ago didn’t count as much as the prime minister’s desire to demonstrate a zero-tolerance policy for bad behaviour, even if it involves something that might not have happened. Does the fact a person was young and foolish at the time of the alleged incident, and has since become a transparently honest and respectable citizen, mean anything at all? Or is it better to just crush people and be done with it, in order to warn off any young people out there who might be thinking of doing something dumb and offensive? Article content
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