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OTTAWA — A federal public servant accused of leaking cabinet information about the same shipbuilding project as Vice Admiral Mark Norman has a three-day preliminary inquiry set for October — meaning it may take place after Norman’s trial concludes.

Matthew Matchett, who worked for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency at the time, is accused of unlawfully providing government information about a $700-million naval supply ship contract to people working for Quebec-based Davie Shipbuilding.

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Matchett was charged with breach of trust last month, and some details of the case against him have already emerged in court documents filed in the Norman case. Those documents allege, based on RCMP disclosure, that Matchett provided cabinet information (including a PowerPoint presentation deck and a memorandum to cabinet) to a lobbyist working for Davie.

Norman was charged last year with breach of trust for allegedly leaking information to Davie about the same supply ship contract, and his lawyers have demanded to know why his case appears to have been treated differently than Matchett’s. But the court proceedings have become bogged down in disclosure issues as his lawyers fight for access to thousands of government documents they say they need for his defence. The battle over those documents will likely affect what documents Matchett can access for his own defence.