More than four years after Cameron Jay Ortis was charged with violating Canada’s Official Secrets Act, the former director general of intelligence for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is set to go to court.
Cameron Jay Ortis was taken into custody in Ottawa on September 12, 2019, after an arrest that deeply shocked the national police.
As head of the RCMP’s National Intelligence Coordination Centre, Mr. Ortis had access to some of the most confidential information in the country.
The 51-year-old is accused of breaching the Protection of Information Act by revealing secrets to three people and attempting to do so in a fourth instance, as well as breach of trust and criminal computer science.
A multi-week trial is expected to begin in Ontario Superior Court on Tuesday with the selection of a jury.
Jon Doody, co-counsel for Mr. Ortis, said he plans to plead not guilty to all charges.
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