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As someone who's worked for the Federal government and had a level 3 security clearance which has since expired, l'll tell you it makes sense why he's not getting it if you think about it for more than a minute.
Security clearances are meant to protect Federal government information. He is literally the opposition to the Federal government in representation of the people who elected him.
To put it in a left perspective as popular on Lemmy... It would be like if you were at a pro Palestinian protest and were asked to sign a document saying you're free to protest but only if you remain quiet about certain things the isralie government is doing or you'll be arrested. If you refuse to sign, a crowd of people all start shouting that you're a Nazi not because of anything you did but because you refused to sign the document.
Let the opposition be the opposition.
What? That’s insane. He’s only ever worked in the federal government. He’s not a reporter or an outside agitator. You’re eating the brand. You just nouned the verb.
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.
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.
Agreed. In addition, I'd add this to the OC's comments:
Well, no. It's more like, the Israeli gov't promises that you can get secret information from them about what they are doing, but you can't mention it publicly until they've made it public. But worst case you're still free to protest anything and everything that's already public.
I'm not sure if even that premise is correct, though. From https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-poilievre-is-the-sole-party-leader-foregoing-access-to-classified/ (archive https://archive.is/QEbVP)
Likewise, the previous opposition leader did have the clearance, and was able to speak publicly about what he learned, as per https://globalnews.ca/news/9732593/erin-otoole-chinese-interference/
So this excuse rings hollow.
A refusal to perform a certain action is a choice. And choices have consequences...
I haven't seen anyone call PP a Nazi specifically because of this, yet. So I think the analogy breaks down here.
Also, signing the document is just a step, it's not all there is. Even though PP had a security clearance in the past that has since expired, presumably he'd have to be rechecked before getting a new one. Unlike just signing a doc, there are some concerns here that PP might actually have something in his background that would cause him to fail this check, resulting in a denial even after he agrees to sign.
As per https://learn.parl.ca/understanding-comprendre/en/canada-system-of-government/the-branches-of-government/
So that is accurate.
How come only PP didn't get a clearance? Every other party leader has one. Think of all the times Bloc Quebecois clashed with the Liberals (e.g. https://globalnews.ca/news/10791235/bloc-quebecois-pension-payments-possible-election/ and https://globalnews.ca/news/10791235/bloc-quebecois-pension-payments-possible-election/ ) but their leader still has the clearance. Doesn't seem like having a clearance hurt that much.
I can't find confirmation but I imagine the last time that the Liberals were the Opposition, their leader, Michael Ignatieff, would have held this clearance as well. So PP is very much the odd one out here.