Fraud-related trial for ex-Quebec deputy premier Normandeau delayed

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Maxime Roy, Normandeau’s lawyer, has said his client has been waiting for two years to get the chance to give her side of the story.

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Normandeau and the others were arrested in March 2016 by Quebec’s anti-corruption unit following an investigation authorities said involved political financing and gifts allegedly being exchanged for public contracts.

The charges include fraud and breach of trust.

Normandeau, 49, was an influential minister who served as a Liberal member of the legislature from 1998 to 2011 and held key cabinet positions including municipal affairs, natural resources and Canadian intergovernmental affairs.

She served as deputy premier under Jean Charest between 2007 and 2011.

The Canadian Press