16 Sep 2019

Canada police official charged with national security breach

From Morning Report, 7:27 am on 16 September 2019

Canada's partners in the Five Eyes alliance are asking questions after one of the country's most senior police officials has been charged with breaching national security laws. Cameron Ortis, a civilian member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is the director general of the force's National Intelligence Coordination Center, and an expert in east Asian affairs who is fluent in Mandarin. He faces three charges and multiple counts of the rarely used law that deals with communicating or confirming special operational information. We speak to our correspondent in Canada, Laura McQuillan.