OTTAWA — Vice-Admiral Mark Norman has been charged by the RCMP with breach of trust for allegedly leaking government secrets.
Norman was suspended as the military’s second-in-command without explanation in January 2017.
Court documents later showed the RCMP was investigating him on suspicion of having leaked cabinet secrets to a Quebec shipyard in November 2015 over fears the new Liberal government would cancel a key shipbuilding project.
Norman has denied any wrongdoing.
His lawyer, Marie Henein, released a statement after the charge was announced, calling it a “sad day for an extraordinary Canadian” and the entire investigation a waste of taxpayer dollars.
Henein said Norman would fight the allegation in court.