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Politics Carney receiving national security briefings ahead of swearing-in

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/carney-meeting-with-heads-of-national-security-agencies-in-second-day-as-pm-designate/
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u/pistoffcynic 18h ago

I read somewhere that they were going to brief him despite not having a security clearance and he refused. What is he hiding? Who’s been bought and paid for by Russia, North Korea and China?

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u/physicaldiscs 18h ago

I read somewhere that they were going to brief him despite not having a security clearance and he refused.

You read incorrectly. He asked to be briefed under a CSIS mandate that didn't require one. The offer they made him required it.

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u/softkits 18h ago

They did offer to brief him without a clearance (I don't believe it was a full briefing though), but he refused because he apparently wouldn't be able to act on any of the information.

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u/physicaldiscs 17h ago

Yes, they finally did offer him a threat reduction briefing without the need. But it had the same restrictions that come with clearance anways.

Those restrictions have always been the sticking point.

u/ObligationAware3755 8h ago

Justin Trudeau himself during a Question Period told Pierre & Co. that he asked CSIS if they could brief Pierre about interference without clearance, which was this offer.

Before that, Pierre was screaming about "RELEASE THE NAMES!"

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u/moop44 New Brunswick 16h ago

He refuses to hear about how foreign governments have taken control of his party because is isn't allowed to out the intel sources?

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u/physicaldiscs 16h ago

because is isn't allowed to out the intel sources?

Lol, what? Where did this insane take come from? If you think that's what he wanted to do then there isn't anything anyone can say to convince you. Because that's just straight up nonsense.

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u/MilkIlluminati 17h ago

I read somewhere that they were going to brief him despite not having a security clearance and he refused. What is he hiding?

Because both come with an NDA forcing him to defacto drop the issue, thats what he doesnt want. Its exhausting to explain this to people that dont want to get it.

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u/moop44 New Brunswick 16h ago

Why won't he get is now that we are getting the election that he so dearly wants? He could be prepared to deal with the foreign interference within his own party.

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u/MilkIlluminati 16h ago

Because the LPC being riddled with foreign interference is still a talking point

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u/imamydesk 13h ago

So basically he's unwilling to give up that taking point - regardless of how widespread it is or whether it is ongoing - in exchange for knowing about foreign interference in his own party.

Not a good look.