A Quebec judge says in a heavily redacted court document that Robert Lafreniere was behind sensitive leaks to journalists in order to pressure the government at the time to renew his mandate as head of the anti-corruption squad
A Quebec court judge is accusing the former head of the province’s anti-corruption unit of derailing a high-profile fraud trial by orchestrating a system of controlled leaks to the media.
The revelations are included in a 2020 court ruling involving ex-deputy premier Nathalie Normandeau, who was granted a stay of proceedings due to unreasonable delays in her fraud case. In his decision, Judge Perreault reproaches Lafreniere and other senior members of the police force, known as UPAC, for “serious misconduct” that he says was largely responsible for delays in Normandeau’s case.
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