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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 61%(17)Centre 32%(9)Right 7%(2)

Percentages are shares of the 28 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 2 of the 30 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

30 sources · methodology

Missing from the right

Only 2 of the 28 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.

A reader who follows the right would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.

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

Coverage settled. We checked this 136 times and stopped on 11 Aug 2026, 14:00. The figures above are what it finished at.

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

17 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.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Marc-Aurèle Chabot, charged in Quebec extremist plot, no longer in…?
Of the 28 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 61% are rated left, 32% are rated centre, 7% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 30. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Marc-Aurèle Chabot, charged in Quebec extremist plot, no longer in… left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 28 rated outlets on this story, 61% are rated left, 32% are rated centre, 7% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Marc-Aurèle Chabot, charged in Quebec extremist plot, no longer in… biased?
Marc-Aurèle Chabot, charged in Quebec extremist plot, no longer in Canadian Armed Forces is one event reported by 30 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Marc-Aurèle Chabot, charged in Quebec extremist plot, no longer in…?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Marc-Aurèle Chabot, charged in Quebec extremist plot, no longer in…?
30 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What is Marc-Aurèle Chabot accused of?
Chabot is accused of facilitating terrorist activity linked to an anti-government extremist plot in Quebec. The RCMP alleged he and two others planned to create an anti-government militia and took concrete steps to carry out the plot. The charges include illegal storage of firearms and possession of explosives.
Is Marc-Aurèle Chabot still in the Canadian Armed Forces?
No. The Department of National Defence confirmed Chabot is no longer a member of the military but declined to provide details, citing the Privacy Act. He was a corporal stationed at Canadian Forces Base Valcartier when charged in July 2025.
Are any of the accused still in the military?
Yes. A fourth suspect, who faces weapons charges, remains a member of the Canadian Armed Forces but is not performing military duties. The other three accused, including Chabot, are no longer in the military.
Have the allegations against Chabot been proven in court?
No. None of the allegations against Chabot, including illegal firearms storage and possession of explosives, have been proven in court. The case is ongoing.

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