Evidence has emerged of a second alleged sexual assault case previously occurring in one of Canada’s former COVID-19 quarantine hotels at which air passengers returning to Canada and awaiting a COVID test result were required to stay for a period of several months during 2021.
In an Inquiry of Ministry tabled April 13 in the House of Commons, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) says it is “aware of two sexual assault complaints filed by travellers while abiding by the government’s hotel quarantine measures since March 1, 2020.”
PHAC wrote that the first complaint stemmed from February 2021 when “an individual was charged by local police with sexual assault, break and enter, and harassment at the Sheraton Montreal Designated Quarantine Facility.”…