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https://policyoptions.irpp.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/thomas-5-1.jpg2000700Leaks have been around since governments and secrets were first invented. Recently they have occurred with more regularity and with more outrage from government officials, south and north of the 49th parallel. In January, the RCMP alleged in a search warrant that Vice-Admiral Mark Norman of the Royal Canadian Navy had leaked information to a […]