As an MP He’s a representative not a member of the federal government. Security clearances are meant to protect federal government information. The federal government is the ruling party, which is the Liberal party.
The Liberal party isn’t going to start giving him access to privileged information as soon as he gets a security clearance. That’s not how it works. The practical application of requesting his security clearance would legally prevent him from sharing privileged information If he became privy to it. It’s not a good tactic of opposition to be silenced by the people you’re opposing.
To say a sitting MP is not a member of government is semantics at best. If you can vote in Parliament on government policy you are exerting your opinion on government policy, even if your interpretation differentiates between Parliament and Goverment.
The Liberal Party isn’t the one supplying him with secret information. On issues of concern CSIS (and assuming others) supply it to all parties and individuals with clearance regardless of who’s in power. And in election time this is even more important so a party leader can know which of his ranks are being propped up by foreign governments in exchange for influence.
The hypothetical excuse of being muzzled from sharing secret information is flimsy. Let’s hear all about the earth-shattering privileged information PP has managed to dig up on his own that he’s shared with the public in the interest of democracy. Pffft.
It’s funny how everyone here thinks I support the Conservatives because I understand practicalities and different viewpoints.Even though I’ve never voted conservative in my life. I’ve voted in the last 6 federal elections two of which were for the NDP. This is exactly why people consider the left radical. No room for rational practicality, just dogmatic adherence to a narrative.
Get with the programme. People aren’t buying it anymore. It’s almost like you want leftist ideology to flounder. It’s unfortunate that good leftist policies are going to be thrown out with the radical ones but hey, at least you’ll have a villain to fight and add some faux meaning to your lives.
“I don’t know why everybody thinks I’m a cow” says the person standing in a field with cows and loudly chewing grass.
Getting security clearance should not be a partisan issue. Intelligence agencies have reported credible foreign interference going back years and all but one party leader has the ability to act on that knowledge.
The fact that he works in the federal government but doesn’t do anything productive but oppose things is not a point in Pollievre’s favor. He could oppose things but also work to pass meaningful legislation that helps the people he represents. The reason he can do that is because he’s an MP and not a talk radio host, despite how he comports himself.
security clearance would legally prevent him from sharing privileged information If he became privy to it. It’s not a good tactic of opposition to be silenced by the people you’re opposing.
So it’s better for him to not have the information, compared to having information but not being allowed to disclose it?
Or do you mean that he is having access to privileged information and he is disclosing it even though he doesn’t have permission to it?
It means that everything PP is currently sharing is made up misinformation because he has cut himself off from having real information. He is firmly in favour of that because he can say anything, real or imagined, that he thinks will appeal to his potential voters. Truth is something they might not agree with so it’s better for him not to be held to that. Inuendo is so much easier to spin than fact.
As an MP He’s a representative not a member of the federal government. Security clearances are meant to protect federal government information. The federal government is the ruling party, which is the Liberal party.
The Liberal party isn’t going to start giving him access to privileged information as soon as he gets a security clearance. That’s not how it works. The practical application of requesting his security clearance would legally prevent him from sharing privileged information If he became privy to it. It’s not a good tactic of opposition to be silenced by the people you’re opposing.
To say a sitting MP is not a member of government is semantics at best. If you can vote in Parliament on government policy you are exerting your opinion on government policy, even if your interpretation differentiates between Parliament and Goverment.
The Liberal Party isn’t the one supplying him with secret information. On issues of concern CSIS (and assuming others) supply it to all parties and individuals with clearance regardless of who’s in power. And in election time this is even more important so a party leader can know which of his ranks are being propped up by foreign governments in exchange for influence.
The hypothetical excuse of being muzzled from sharing secret information is flimsy. Let’s hear all about the earth-shattering privileged information PP has managed to dig up on his own that he’s shared with the public in the interest of democracy. Pffft.
It’s funny how everyone here thinks I support the Conservatives because I understand practicalities and different viewpoints.Even though I’ve never voted conservative in my life. I’ve voted in the last 6 federal elections two of which were for the NDP. This is exactly why people consider the left radical. No room for rational practicality, just dogmatic adherence to a narrative.
Get with the programme. People aren’t buying it anymore. It’s almost like you want leftist ideology to flounder. It’s unfortunate that good leftist policies are going to be thrown out with the radical ones but hey, at least you’ll have a villain to fight and add some faux meaning to your lives.
“I don’t know why everybody thinks I’m a cow” says the person standing in a field with cows and loudly chewing grass.
Getting security clearance should not be a partisan issue. Intelligence agencies have reported credible foreign interference going back years and all but one party leader has the ability to act on that knowledge.
The fact that he works in the federal government but doesn’t do anything productive but oppose things is not a point in Pollievre’s favor. He could oppose things but also work to pass meaningful legislation that helps the people he represents. The reason he can do that is because he’s an MP and not a talk radio host, despite how he comports himself.
So it’s better for him to not have the information, compared to having information but not being allowed to disclose it?
Or do you mean that he is having access to privileged information and he is disclosing it even though he doesn’t have permission to it?
It means that everything PP is currently sharing is made up misinformation because he has cut himself off from having real information. He is firmly in favour of that because he can say anything, real or imagined, that he thinks will appeal to his potential voters. Truth is something they might not agree with so it’s better for him not to be held to that. Inuendo is so much easier to spin than fact.