Madam Speaker, it is important to recognize that we are here because the Conservatives moved a motion that would send this issue to a standing committee. Instead of allowing that to be voted upon, now they are filibustering, believing we should just release all the information unredacted to the RCMP directly. The RCMP commissioner said, on that issue, “There is significant risk that the Motion could be interpreted as a circumvention of normal investigative processes and Charter protections.”
Conservatives want us to listen to the Conservative Party over the RCMP. I say no, that would be a stupid thing to do. This is not the first time. We then have another issue that has come up. An article from iPolitics reads:
Wesley Wark, who has advised both Liberal and Conservative governments on national security issues, said the Tory leader is knowingly misleading the public by claiming he doesn’t need the clearance because his chief of staff has received briefings.
“[The leader]'s idea that it’s sufficient for his chief of staff to be briefed for him and for his chief of staff to share that information with him is complete nonsense,” Wark told iPolitics.
Why does the Conservative leader not respect what the RCMP is saying about today and the security clearance issue?