Quebec Ordered to Pay Ex-Premier Charest $385K Because of Corruption Probe Leaks

Conservative leadership candidate Jean Charest answers questions from reporters after the third debate of the 2022 Conservative Party of Canada leadership race, in Ottawa, on Aug. 3, 2022. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang

The Quebec Superior Court has ordered the provincial government to pay ex-premier Jean Charest $385,000 because information about a corruption investigation targeting the Liberals was leaked to journalists.

Charest filed a lawsuit against Quebec’s anti-corruption police—known as UPAC—and the province’s attorney general after details of an investigation into alleged illegal Liberal party financing were leaked in 2017.