RCMP arrest Hydro-Québec employee allegedly sending secrets to ChinaMONTREAL — A Montreal-area Hydro-Québec employee is being charged with espionage after allegedly providing trade secrets to China "to the detriment of Canada's economic interests," the RCMP said Monday. He will appear in court in Longueuil, Que., Tuesday to be charged with "obtaining trade secrets in the course of his duties with Hydro-Québec," according to an RCMP spokesman. He said Wang is accused of obtaining "industrial secrets" in the course of his duties at Hydro-Québec. He also allegedly used information without his employer's consent, harming Hydro-Québec's intellectual property, he said. While it's the first time the trade secrets charge has been laid in Canada, Beaudoin said foreign interference is a growing priority for law enforcement.

Source: CBC News November 14, 2022 18:42 UTC