Federal public servant pleads not guilty as shipbuilding trial begins | CBC News

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A federal public servant has pleaded not guilty to breach of trust for allegedly leaking government secrets about a $700-million shipbuilding project.

Matthew Matchett was charged with one count of breach of trust in February 2019 for allegedly leaking secret cabinet documents about a contract between the federal government and Chantier Davie shipyard, pictured, in Quebec in November 2015.

Matchett is accused of leaking secret cabinet documents about a contract between the federal government and Chantier Davie shipyard in Quebec in November 2015.That is when the new Liberal government decided to hold off finalizing a contract with Davie to lease a temporary supply ship for the navy — a deal it later approved.

 

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