Bail date set for 3 Quebec men accused of facilitating a terrorist activity

Matthew Lapierre · CBC News

· Posted: Jul 14, 2025 12:48 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

Three men facing terrorism-related charges and firearms offences volition look successful tribunal for a bail proceeding adjacent week. 

Marc-Aurèle Chabot, Simon Angers-Audet, and Raphaël Lagacé person been charged with facilitating a violent enactment and weapon-possession charges.

The RCMP says the charges are tied to ideologically motivated convulsive extremism.

Chabot, Angers-Audet and Lagacé volition look for a two-day bail proceeding — owed to the magnitude of grounds the prosecution says needs to beryllium presented — connected July 24 and 25 astatine the Quebec City courthouse. 

They stay detained and appeared concisely successful tribunal connected Monday by video conference.

A 4th individual, Matthew Forbes faces charges related to weapons possession. Forbes was released connected bail connected Monday connected a $40,000 bond. He agreed to conditions that see wearing a GPS bracelet and possessing nary weapons. He volition adjacent look successful tribunal connected Sept. 12.

Two of the accused presently service successful Canadian Army

The RCMP said past week successful a quality merchandise that Chabot, Angers-Audet and Lagacé had been hoarding firearms and planned to instrumentality onshore successful the Quebec City country by force. Police allege they were gathering up an "anti-government militia."

The Department of National Defence (DND) said successful a quality merchandise Monday that some Chabot and Forbes are presently serving successful the Canadian Army. 

WATCH | Father of 1 of the men accused of facilitating coercion speaks out: 

Forbes enrolled successful the Canadian Army successful October 2016 and joined the 5e Régiment d'artillerie légère du Canada successful November 2017.

He was deployed to 2 operations. He was portion of a subject contingent that assisted the RCMP successful securing the G7 successful Charlevoix, Que., successful 2018, and helium deployed successful 2019 arsenic portion of Operation Reassurance — Canada's publication to NATO's defence measures successful Central Europe. 

Chabot enrolled successful the Canadian Army arsenic a reservist successful June 2019 and transferred to the regular unit successful July 2023. 

Angers-Audet enrolled successful the Canadian Army arsenic a reservist successful June 2019 until May 2022. Lagacé was a civilian teacher with the aerial cadets. 

The DND quality merchandise besides said nary of the weapons seized during the RCMP investigation into the 4 men originated from the Canadian Armed Forces. 

Philippe Audet, the begetter of Angers-Audet, told CBC News past week that helium believed his lad was being framed. 

He said his lad had been grooming to execute amended successful the subject and wasn't progressive successful immoderate terrorism-related activity. 

He said helium was shocked erstwhile an RCMP SWAT squad burst into his location to apprehension his son.