Trial Set to Start for Federal Public Servant Charged in Shipbuilding Leak Case

Trial Set to Start for Federal Public Servant Charged in Shipbuilding Leak Case
MV Asterisk, a Royal Canadian Navy supply ship, is seen in the harbour in Halifax on Jan. 19, 2018. The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan
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The trial of a federal public servant accused of leaking cabinet secrets about a shipbuilding project is set to begin this morning.

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 in Quebec in November 2015.