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Marc-Aurèle Chabot, charged in Quebec extremist plot, no longer in Canadian Armed Forces

Department of National Defence confirms release of corporal accused of facilitating terrorist activity but gives no details

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Marc-Aurèle Chabot's release is protected under the Privacy Act, a Department of National Defence spokesperson says. (CBC)

What this story says

  • Marc-Aurèle Chabot, a former corporal in the Canadian Armed Forces, was charged in July 2025 with facilitating terrorist activity linked to an anti-government extremist plot in Quebec.
  • The Department of National Defence confirmed Chabot is no longer a member of the military but declined to provide details, citing the Privacy Act.
  • A fourth suspect, also facing charges, remains in the Canadian Armed Forces but is not performing military duties.
  • None of the allegations against Chabot, including illegal firearms storage and possession of explosives, have been proven in court.

Who covered it

Left 54%(13)Centre 38%(9)Right 8%(2)

Percentages are shares of the 24 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 1 of the 25 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

74/100

Craft

58/100

Hype

20/100

25 sources · methodology

Thin on the right so far

Only 2 of the 24 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

Marc-Aurèle Chabot, a former corporal in the Canadian Armed Forces, is no longer a member of the military. Chabot was charged in July 2025 alongside two other Quebec men with participating in an anti-government extremist plot in the Quebec City area. The RCMP alleged the group planned to create an anti-government militia and took concrete steps to facilitate terrorist activity.

Department of National Defence spokesperson Cheryl Forrest confirmed Chabot’s release but declined to provide further details, citing the Privacy Act. Forrest also stated that a fourth suspect, who faces weapons charges, remains a member of the Canadian Armed Forces but is not performing military duties. Chabot was stationed at Canadian Forces Base Valcartier near Quebec City when he was charged.

The charges against Chabot include illegal storage of firearms and possession of explosives and prohibited devices. None of the allegations have been proven in court.

What the coverage left out

None of the right-rated digests mentioned the fourth suspect, who remains in the Canadian Armed Forces but is not performing military duties. The two right-rated digests also did not include the Department of National Defence’s refusal to provide details under the Privacy Act.

Tags:#CanadianArmedForces#TerrorismCharges#QuebecExtremism#RCMPInvestigation#MilitaryJustice

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 9 times, most recently on 6 Aug 2026, 05:00, and will add the sides that appear.

How other outlets pictured it

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Quebec man charged with facilitating terrorist activity is no longer a member of the Canadian Armed Forces. A Canadian soldier takes part in an announcement regarding the arrival of new ambulance variants to the armoured combat support vehicle fleet at Garrison Petawawa in Petawawa, Ont., on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

13 rated outlets

  • All 13 left-rated digests led on the fact that Chabot is no longer a member of the Canadian Armed Forces. The two full reports, from CBC News and Radio-Canada, included the RCMP’s allegation that the accused planned to create an anti-government militia. CBC News also noted Chabot’s rank and the base where he served, and quoted the Department of National Defence’s refusal to provide details under the Privacy Act.

Centre

9 rated outlets

  • The eight centre-rated digests all carried the core fact that Chabot is no longer in the military. Four of the digests, from Battlefords NOW, meadowlakeNOW, Medicine Hat News and Ckpg Today, included the Department of National Defence’s refusal to provide details under the Privacy Act. CTV News, the only centre-rated full report, repeated the RCMP’s allegation that the accused took concrete steps to facilitate terrorist activity and noted the fourth suspect remains in the forces but off duty.

Right

2 rated outlets

  • The two right-rated digests, from The Epoch Times and The Straits Times, both reported that Chabot is no longer a member of the Canadian Armed Forces. The Straits Times’ digest included the RCMP’s description of Chabot’s actions as “concrete actions to facilitate terrorist activity.” Neither digest mentioned the Privacy Act or the fourth suspect.

Read it at the source

25 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.

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Centre

9
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Right

2

Not rated

1

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