This archive report was first published on 17 July 2019.
Published on July 17, 2019, a Canadian army investigation is underway into the theft of sensitive information from a military research centre.
A former civilian employee, specializing in ballistics, is suspected of stealing and destroying around 30,000 files containing highly sensitive information, according to public broadcaster Radio-Canada.
The employee, who has not been formally charged, reportedly committed an act of insubordination before leaving his job with the army last year.
He was reported by three former colleagues, and a court document obtained by Radio-Canada revealed that military police obtained a search warrant for a highly restricted area within a research facility run by Defence Research and Development Canada, located near a military base outside Quebec City.
The stolen files included photos of ballistic test results, videos of ballistic trials, and munitions procurement records, Radio-Canada reported.
A spokesman for Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan declined to comment further on the investigation.
