That was easy to miss: Poilievre attributed this story to the Liberals, when it's clearly been bubbling for a while. And besides, the most interesting part of the story is how it highlights Poilievre's adolescent refusal to get a security clearance, leaving him blind on serious issues.
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John Woodside
Hope it’s not going unnoticed how Poilievre is defending the CSIS leak to the Globe. He told reporters this was an attack from the Liberals. Goes without saying but a CSIS leak to a newspaper isn’t a partisan swipe. Nonetheless he is trying to lie his way out of this scandal by undermining the press
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What's he hiding? Foreign influence or collusion? A drug or alcohol problem? Debts? Criminality?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs2nz3a8xFw
Poilievre lies that he'll be muzzled if he gets it. Everyone who DOES have it speaks freely. They're not muzzled.
CSIS leaked against the Liberals in 2023 right in line with a US campaign against China (so it's not really a partisan institution), but I wouldn't dismiss motivation.
Given that your example involves a leak that hurt the governing party, that ALSO likely wasn't leaked by the government for partisan reasons.
You absolutely can (though there’s no smoking gun). 1/2
I think it was mostly illegal coordination with US intelligence myself, so I agree unlikely, but it could have been partisan. 2/2
But there could very well be partisan operatives coordinating with a party. Would make a lot sense leaking during an election.
Especially when the leak hurts the government.
He refuses only solidifies the fact he won’t pass the clearance.
If he loses he won't need security clearance and if he wins he'll just get it.
I think he simply thinks that if he becomes Prime Minister he'll get security clearance ex-officio (because he will) and that if he doesn't become Prime Minister he won't care about not having security clearance.