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Carney slams Poilievre's 'irresponsible' lack of security clearance after reports India meddled in leadership (www.cbc.ca)

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Original reporting by the Globe & Mail is behind a paywall. In any case, it's not a good look for Poilievre that India boosted his candidacy and then he wouldn't get security clearance to be informed of this fact.

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[-] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 1 month ago

pp sure is getting a lot of foreign support, probably explains his refusal to get a security clearance. I got a security clearance to do work in police stations and evidence lockups, its very painless

[-] Oderus@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

If Squinty McProudboy becomes PM, he'll need his security clearance anyway and still can't talk about certain things. How is that different from now? Literally every other political leader has their clearance and hasn't been silenced. He's such a fucking weasel. How can anyone believe a word he says?

[-] 60d@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 month ago

If he becomes PM, he just 'gets' security clearance.

My understanding is that it's required as the PM, and no PM has ever been denied due to the screening process.

Not a Con here, but it does seem shady that he's not in the know about anything and doesn't want his ties publicized.

[-] Oderus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Oh, I agree but he still can't talk about details. He only wants to talk details when he's opposition, not when PM. Total weasel move.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 month ago

They aren't that into politics. (But still vote)

[-] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 month ago

Ah, that's why he refused to get security clearance!

What a scumbag. This should disqualify him from holding any position in office.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Even without this it had no benefits for him, politically, aside from just taking away the attack that he didn't.

[-] Moose@moose.best 19 points 1 month ago

I've been asking for years why our opposition party leader refuses to get a security clearance, or even attend briefings that Justin Trudeau had to ask CSIS to rewrite the rules of so he could also be briefed. The "liberals don't want me speaking freely!" excuse is starting to piss me off. What's the actual reason Pierre? Too afraid to see how foreign interference might affect your party and instead want to plug your ears about it? Or is it he just can't get one and this speaking freely stuff just happens to be a convinient excuse? Either way, I don't buy his reasoning as being legitimate.