Canadian Politics Redux

Read the link. Answers both your questions 

Parksy said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

Read the link. Answers both your questions 

So yeah this is what I never quite understood.... Pierre has always said that he didnt want clearance because then he wouldn't be able to discuss things. (correct me if I'm wrong)

But.. if he doesn't have clearance, he wouldn't be privy to anything TO discuss....  so that never made sense to me. 

And why does he think he should be openly discussing things with the public that are only privy to those with a security clearance??

DarthMaeglin said:

You all know that one of PP’s staff gets a briefing on these matters and is allowed to pass on important information to the party leader?

Please stop posting as if PP getting the clearance is the only option.

Please stop posting as if you wouldn’t be outraging about this ad nauseum if this were a liberal. 

DarthMaeglin said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

DarthMaeglin said:

You all know that one of PP’s staff gets a briefing on these matters and is allowed to pass on important information to the party leader?

Please stop posting as if PP getting the clearance is the only option.

Please stop posting as if you wouldn’t be outraging about this ad nauseum if this were a liberal. 

Again, you ignore the post and attack the poster.

I’m debating your position. I already made my case. 

I guess no one wanted to talk about Carney’s brilliant brilliancy in announcing his government would legislate that anyone convicted of a violent offence, especially domestic violence, would have their firearms license revoked?

Great idea, maybe that’s why it was passed into law 40 years ago.

Damn those inconvenient facts!

Pierre Poilievre in a horse race in Carleton as gap with Liberal candidate tightens

dignin said:

Pierre Poilievre in a horse race in Carleton as gap with Liberal candidate tightens

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s long-held riding of Carleton has turned into a horse race in the final days of the election campaign


https://ottawacitizen.com/news/pierre-poilievre-tight-race-ottawa-riding

One can dream.

Maybe if he’s elected PM and doesn’t hold a seat he’ll actually make an attempt at governing the country, unlike Carney who couldn’t even be bothered to table a Throne Speech.

Parksy said:

DarthMaeglin said:

You all know that one of PP’s staff gets a briefing on these matters and is allowed to pass on important information to the party leader?

Please stop posting as if PP getting the clearance is the only option.

I personally did not know that... and it still raises a handful of questions.  Again, treat me like I'm stupid on this subject because I am lol 

Liberal types criticize Pierre because he doesn't have clearance. 

Pierre says he doesn't want clearance because he feels it will muzzle him. (Makes no sense to me.)

You're saying his staff have this clearance and tell him (brief him) on these subjects anyways. (Seems illegal to me.)

I'm confused... because it still seems super dumb to me as to why Pierre doesn't just get the clearance. ? 

Are you able to explain it to me again so it makes any sense? 

I don’t really have more specifics off the top of my head, but what I do recall reading several times is that it functions the same as the briefings the PM receives.

An assistant with clearance reads the report, triages the information and delivers what they have determined is relevant in a briefing to the leader. Nothing illegal about it unless all the parties have been breaking the rules but I do trust the reporting in this case. There’s guidelines that need to be followed and we, the citizens, are left to trust that they’re followed and the information is acted on appropriately.

Again, unless Poilievre has said he’ll refuse his clearance if he’s elected Prime Minister, this strikes me as grasping at straws. Especially given the Liberals tacit acceptance of Chinese interference on their behalf in this election.

 I don’t think anyone here is stupid, by the way. Some, just like myself, aren’t always aware of all the relevant facts. And I do accept and believe that it’s possible to understand the other side while continuing to disagree with their views.

I sincerely hope that anyone that didn’t vote in the advance polls gets the opportunity to vote today.