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[Canadian] Foreign affairs minister [Maxime Bernier] resigns
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur May 26, 2008 07:18pm |
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| Category | Scandal |
| Media | Website - CBC |
| News Date | Tuesday, May 27, 2008 01:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Embattled Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier has resigned from cabinet over a security breach involving classified documents, Prime Minister Stephen Harper told reporters on Monday.
The resignation came ahead of a French-language television interview of Bernier's former girlfriend to be aired later Monday.
Harper said he accepted Bernier's resignation after learning late Sunday that Bernier had inadvertently left the documents in an unsecured location. It was unclear what was in the documents.
"It's only this error. It's a very serious error for any minister," Harper said. "The minister immediately recognized the gravity of that error.
"Let me be clear: this is not to do with the minister's private life," the prime minister added. "What matters here is that rules respecting government classified documents were broken. Obviously it was not done on purpose … but it was clearly done and it has to be treated appropriately." |
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