Thread by @jeffjedras

This week at Public Safety Committee hearings on violent Indian interference in Canada, the refusal of CPC leader Poilievre to get top secret security clearance to fully understand the threat came up frequently. Witness after witness demolished his arguments. 🧵 #cdnpoli #secu

CSIS Director Daniel Rogers said a top secret briefing would allow a leader to make decisions in the best interests of the party and would allow for a broader conversation.

National Security Advisor Nathalie Drouin said a "threat reduction measure" which has been touted as an alternative to top secret clearance by Conservatives is not equivalent to a full briefing to a cleared individual.

CSIS' Rogers added a TRM allows for a subset of information to be released but a TS clearance is required for a more fulsome conversation.

Wesley Wark, a professor and national security expert who served on PM Stephen Harper's Advisory Council on National Security, said he will be recommending to the Hogue Commission that all party leaders seek top secret clearance.

Moninder Singh of the BC Gurdwaras Council said all party leaders should get clearance and people in the Sikh community are wondering if refusing to get one is an attempt to claim ignorance -- an excuse he says he community won't accept.

Balpreet Singh of the World Sikh Council agreed on the need for clearance saying refusal to get it at this point constitutes willful blindness.

Moninder Singh of the BC Gurdwaras Council added the Indian media is using Polievre's refusal to get top secret clearance for propaganda purposes. He says others have been able to speak to the issues despite Conservative claims a TS clearance would "muzzle" their leader