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QUEBEC – Former Liberal leader Jean Charest says his reputation has been sullied in the media, with leaked information turning into inflated, often completely untrue reports while offering him no real opportunity to defend his honour.

And he suggested Quebec’s anti-corruption unit — which he says is under tremendous pressure to get results — is the source of much of the negative press he’s been getting over the last few months. UPAC’s leaks, he said, have to stop.

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In a rare encounter with the media after delivering a speech at the Liberal Party’s 150th birthday celebrations in Quebec City, Charest said the allegations about him over the last months have affected him, his family and those close to him.

“I’m very worried with the way things have happened, with the news items on the private lives of people,” Charest said. “Inevitably, it concerns me.

“We have experienced a kind of spiral of leaked information on my person and in my view we should ask ourselves questions about the way people in our society are treated on these questions.