Employment minister’s senior staffer lost classified documents, investigation found Mitschke ‘negligent’: Mihychuk

Matthew Mitschke left classified documents in his unlocked car, says former Employment minister MaryAnn Mihychuk.

Matthew Mitschke, left, is currently serving as chief of staff to Employment, Workforce Development and Labour Minister Patty Hajdu, centre. Prior to the January cabinet shuffle, Mr. Mitschke served as chief of staff to then-Employment minister MaryAnn Mihychuk.The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright and LinkedIn

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BY ABBAS RANA

May 15, 2017

A senior ministerial staffer to former Employment minister MaryAnn Mihychuk lost classified documents last year, including a memorandum to cabinet on the government’s proposal for pay-equity legislation and the Ottawa police found the staffer “negligent” for failing to handle documents accordi...

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