Madam Speaker, we cannot make this stuff up. Here is what an iPolitics article said: “[The leader of the Conservative Party]'s approach to national security is 'complete nonsense', says expert.” It states, “Conservative Leader...is 'playing with Canadians' by refusing to get a top-level security clearance and receive classified briefings on foreign interference, according to one national security expert.” We are talking about Wesley Wark. Wesley Wark was a security adviser not only for Liberal governments, but also Conservative governments.
On national security issues, the article goes on to say, “the Tory leader is knowingly misleading the public by claiming he doesn’t need the clearance because his chief of staff has received briefings.” How stupid is that, Madam Speaker? I would suggest what really needs to happen is the Conservative Party needs to wake up, do what is right and instruct the leader of the Conservative Party to get that security clearance so he can—