Mounties charge suspended Vice-Admiral Mark Norman with breach of trust
OTTAWA — One of the Canadian Forces’ most senior officers has been charged with breach of trust following a two-year criminal investigation into the leaking of classified government information to a Quebec shipyard.
The RCMP laid the charge Friday against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, who previously served as the military’s second-in-command and was widely considered a potential successor to Gen. Jonathan Vance as chief of the defence staff.
Norman has denied any wrongdoing. His lawyer, Marie Henein, released a strongly worded statement denouncing the RCMP’s decision to charge her client and promising to fight the allegation in court.
“Vice-Admiral Norman has devoted his entire career to serving Canada and our military,” Henein wrote.