“Did it advance the cause of national security? Did it advance the interest of the inquiry and the commissioners’ work? I’m not so sure.”
If it leads to Polievre getting his fucking security clearance, I would argue it does.
There would be no “partisan turn” to take if he would meet this basic expectation.
I agree. Poilievre’s choice to not be cleared, like many of his other choices and positions, is asinine and idiotic.
The Liberal talking point of, “if only Poilievre would get the clearance, we could get to work on fixing this” is also asinine.
It’s worth remembering that the CSIS-briefed, PM-known issue of election interference predates Poilievre by 5 years, and a span of 2 federal elections, one of which the Liberals enjoyed a majority government. The Liberals are being insincere when they throw their hands up and say there’s nothing they can do because Poilievre won’t do something he’s made clear he won’t do. Trudeau and the Liberals have been happy to sit on their hands on this issue, for years, and it has left parliament vulnerable to foreign influence. That’s uniquely Trudeau and the Liberals’ fault, and they ought to be taken to task for that. It’s a huge deal.
The Liberals are being insincere when they throw their hands up and say there’s nothing they can do because Poilievre won’t do something he’s made clear he won’t do.
I don’t think they’ve said this?
Hours of logjammed question periods of Poilievre saying “release the names” and Liberals saying “get the clearance”. Liberals are framing the issue around Poilievre’s obstinance, in the house, and now in testimony to the Foreign Interference Commission. It’s not honest.
