The RCMP would seize the documents, including a PowerPoint presentation deck and a memorandum to cabinet, in a raid of Mersereau’s office six months later. Norman’s lawyers argue the leak — specifically to CBC reporter James Cudmore — came not from Norman, but from Matchett through Mersereau. I got everything — the motherloadHe also told RCMP that he did not know how Matchett would have obtained the cabinet documents. As for motivation, Mersereau told them that due to his Atlantic-region job, Matchett would have been very familiar with Irving Shipbuilding, Davie’s East Coast rival. “None.”The application for third-party records — the first major hearing of Norman’s case — will begin in Ottawa on Dec. 12.

Source: National Post November 28, 2018 23:55 UTC