Mr. Speaker, people who have security clearances are thoroughly investigated for issues that might compromise them, like affairs, potential criminal behaviour and other actions that could open them up to external influence or blackmail.
In 2018, the ombudsman offered the defence minister evidence of sexual misconduct by his chief of the defence staff, but he refused it. Last week, he claimed he did not know it existed, but clearly it did. His own staff flagged it.
Did the minister tell the relevant security services that he knew of potentially compromising evidence against his own chief of the defence staff?