Mr. Ward Elcock at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

On November 28th, 2024. See this statement in context.

November 28th, 2024 / 4:20 p.m.

Former Director, Canadian Security Intelligence Service, As an Individual

I think there are advantages for a party leader to have a clearance, clearly, for managing their own party and the members of their own party. I think that is probably a necessity. I certainly would recommend it.

Having said that, whether all party leaders require a clearance or not...I'm not sure that is a necessity.

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