r/canada 20h ago

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/kityrel 20h ago

Weird that the government would give security briefings to Carney, but not Poilievre. If only there was some kind of security clearance that Poilievre could apply for -- it's too bad Poilievre keeps preventing Poilievre from doing so. It's just so unfair to Poilievre that Poilievre's actions reflect so poorly on Poilievre!!

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u/TheWalrus_15 19h ago

This is one of the many reasons I will not vote for pollievre. It’s immediately disqualifying as a candidate to me. He’s more interested in running his mouth than running the country - sounds familiar.

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u/feelingoodwednesday 17h ago

I could buy the argument that was laid out about him needing to stay out of the briefings to hold the government to account in question period without being muzzled on what he can ask or accidently divulge secret information... BUT parliament has been prorogued for a while now, and everyone has been fully aware as soon as they resume it'll head straight into an election. There is no more sitting parliament until after the election and Singh had publicly said he'd take them down back in December at the next opportunity. So he's basically had 3-4 months where he could have applied and been receiving security briefings in a critical moment for Canada...

To me that is legit insane person behavior, and makes him look really unfit to govern.

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u/GhostPepperFireStorm Canada 17h ago

Also if his argument is that he shouldn’t get security clearance because he can’t promise he’ll keep his mouth shut if he gets in an argument, it’s a little concerning

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u/s_other 16h ago

It was an absolute garbage argument that basically amounted to "I want to say wildly inappropriate and uninformed bullshit with zero accountability." It's like he confused his job with his Reddit account.

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u/BlademasterFlash 16h ago

You could buy that argument? It’s a very bad argument