Jean Charest sues government for abuse of process
Posted April 18, 2023 8:43 am.
QUEBEC CITY – Jean Charest is not done with the Quebec government. In his lawsuit, the former premier is adding allegations of abuse of process.
The information, first reported Monday by TVA Nouvelles, was confirmed by The Canadian Press by a source close to the former premier.
Charest recently won his case against the Quebec government and UPAC, which he accused of releasing his personal information. Quebec will have to pay him $385,000.
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The Superior Court judgment indicated that it allowed the former premier to add allegations of abuse of process within 30 days.
The former premier had filed a lawsuit against the Quebec government after details of the UPAC’s Mâchurer investigation – about the financing of the Quebec Liberal Party – were leaked to the media in 2017.
Charest was not charged in that investigation, where he was listed as a “person of interest,” but he felt the disclosure tarnished his reputation.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French on April 17, 2023.
