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Quebec Judge Rejects Hydro-Québec Bid to Redact Trial Details in Espionage Case

The decision finds Hydro-Québec failed to show a real, serious commercial risk.

Overview

  • Quebec court Judge Jean-Philippe Marcoux ruled the utility’s proposed redactions were too generic to qualify as commercial secrets.
  • He found Hydro-Québec did not establish that publication would pose a serious and real risk to a commercial interest.
  • The late motion from Hydro-Québec delayed the scheduled start of Yuesheng Wang’s trial, and the timing for the Crown to begin evidence remained unclear.
  • Wang, a former Hydro-Québec employee, has pleaded not guilty to one Security of Information Act charge and multiple Criminal Code counts including breach of trust and trade-secret offences.
  • Authorities say Wang is the first person charged with economic espionage under the Act, the case is being heard in Longueuil, and the trial is expected to last about four weeks.