Madam Speaker, on this side of the House, we will not play partisan games with national security. Yesterday the Leader of the Opposition, in his announcement to pull out of NSICOP, was roundly criticized by a number of security experts, including, for example, Stephen Saideman, Paterson Chair of the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. He said the Leader of the Opposition is “earning this level of support with his move of pulling out of NSICOP. Oversight? Why bother when we can grandstand?”
In the House of Commons on June 18th, 2021. See this statement in context.