• voluble@lemmy.ca
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    24 hours ago

    “I have the names of a number of parliamentarians, former parliamentarians and/or candidates in the Conservative Party of Canada who are engaged, or at high risk of, or for whom there is clear intelligence around foreign interference,” [Trudeau] said.

    The fact that Trudeau is comfortable using foreign interference as a cudgel against a political opponent is outrageous. FFS, the Liberals knew about Han Dong, and didn’t do anything about it until it became public and their hand was forced. Had that not happened, there is no reason to expect that Han Dong wouldn’t still be happily sitting as a Liberal.

    If the Prime Minister cared about foreign interference, he would be putting measures in place immediately to ensure that if anybody sitting in the house of commons is compromised by foreign interests, they should be expelled. He’s the Prime Minister. He could make this a priority. But no, it’s still somehow a bickering match about security clearances. Crazy.

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      16 hours ago

      When questioned by Conservative Party lawyer Nando De Luca, Trudeau also said the names of Liberal parliamentarians and individuals from other parties are on the list of parliamentarians at risk of being compromised by foreign interference.

      Wow, what a cudgel.

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      18 hours ago

      JT just needs to announce who’s on the list and I’m willing to bet we’ll see why exactly PP doesn’t want a background check done on him.