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The account, which has now been quiet for the past 16 hours, apparently gleaned the information from an affidavit from Mr. Toews’ wife. They divorced in 2008.

“Vic wants to know about you,” reads the description for Twitter account @Vikileaks30. “Let’s get to know about Vic.”

The divorce came after Mr. Toews, once called the “minister of family values,” fathered a child with another, much younger woman.

The majority of the posts have not been independently verified.

“I believe that Vic is now living common-law with the baby’s mother, his former mistress.” — Vikileaks (@vikileaks30) February 15, 2012

“In late 2006, I discovered that the woman with whom I was having an affair was pregnant with my child.” #c30 — Vikileaks (@vikileaks30) February 15, 2012

“In February 2010, I discovered that Vic had changed the locks without my knowledge or consent.” #c30 — Vikileaks (@vikileaks30) February 15, 2012

Another tweet claims Mr. Toews had an affair with the couple’s former babysitter and others attest Mr. Toews stopped paying his wife support.

“In February 2010 Vic closed the joint account into which the support was being deposited,” the tweet reads. “When I asked him to send the money to another account, he ignored me.”

Mr. Toews hasn’t tweeted anything further than what he said on Wednesday.

I won’t get involved in this kind of gutter politics. Engaging in or responding to this kind of discussion leads nowhere. — Vic Toews (@ToewsVic) February 15, 2012

The Opposition, Canada’s privacy commissioner and many Canadian citizens have slammed bill C-30, the Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act, calling it an unnecessary invasion of privacy.

Although Mr. Toews would not confirm or deny the information contained in most of the tweets, one tweet posted at 4:36 p.m. ET is a quotation from a National Post opinion column Toews penned nearly 10 years ago.

“Marriage is one of the cornerstones upon which our society has been built.” Vic Toews 7/24/2002 — Vikileaks (@vikileaks30) February 15, 2012

Entitled “Time is running out on marriage,” the column ran on page A4 of the paper on July 24, 2002.

Another tweet refers to aline Mr. Toews spoke in Parliament on March 24, 2005, during a debate over the Civil Marriage Act.