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Last Friday a government source or sources outlined details of a Cabinet decision to send Canadian military helicopters and personnel to Mali. The leak came three days before Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland made the official announcement.

Naturally you would expect the Liberal government to launch an investigation into who leaked such sensitive – and arguably secret – military information to journalists.

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That is, of course, what happened in late 2015 when details of the Liberal Cabinet decision to delay the conversion of MV Asterix into a naval supply ship was leaked to the news media. Vice Admiral Mark Norman was recently charged with Breach of Trust after allegations by the RCMP that the naval officer was behind the leak. The police alleged that Norman leaked the information in an attempt to force the Liberals to follow through with plans to provide the navy with the much needed ship. Norman has denied any wrongdoing and will soon be in court.