Mr. Speaker, I want to pick up on the member's reference to the word “dumb”. I will tell him about one of the dumbest things I have heard coming from the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. This is the leader who refuses to get a security clearance so he can be made aware of foreign interference. We know about the many allegations in regard to his leadership, not to mention what we hear about Conservative parliamentarians, yet the leader of the Conservatives is saying, “So what if I am leader? I do not need a security clearance; I prefer to be dumb.” That is what he is saying about this issue.
Why is the member's leader scared to get a security clearance? Is it because he has something to hide?