MONTREAL - The wife of Canada's former espionage watchdog will have a preliminary inquiry in September.
Lawyers for Pamela Porter and the Crown agreed to set aside five days, starting Sept. 16, when the prosecution will lay out its case.
The inquiry will determine whether there is sufficient evidence to send Pamela Porter to trial. She faces one charge of conspiracy as well as another related to laundering more than $22 million.
She is accused of helping to launder the money for her husband, the former head of the McGill University Health Centre. He was also head of the federal Security Intelligence Review Committee, the civilian oversight body that monitors CSIS.
Arthur Porter faces several charges related to alleged scams in the awarding of a $1.3-billion Montreal hospital contract.
His wife has been detained since they were both arrested by authorities in Panama on May 26.
