Remarkable development in the “Green leak” story this afternoon. The Environment Canada employee that was arrested by the RCMP was not charged with any crime and, this afternoon on Parliament Hill, held a press conference. Here’s the report from The Canadian Press:
The bureaucrat accused of leaking a Conservative environmental plan last month says his arrest was a government scheme to “bully'' public servants.
Jeff Monaghan was taken from his office in handcuffs yesterday in what he calls a “politically engineered raid'' of his workplace.
He was eventually released without being charged.
The former temporary worker at Environment Canada says the action was “vengeful'' and “without precedent.''
My colleague Mike Duffy says Monaghan has worked at the department for four years.