Thread by @TrueEager

Patrick Brown is about to testify at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

cpac.ca/in-committee-f…

RE: CPC MP Raquel Dancho asks how the whole brouhaha after the allegations against India were made public by the PM has had on the Sikh community RATHER than asking how the alleged India-sponsored criminal behaviour has affected it.

Very telling.

RE: When asked if he believes his campaign was targeted by India.

For some reason, he can't just say: "Yes."

Instead, he says: "I don't think any comment offered by the Indian government affected the result."

Note he parses specifically about comments rather than actions.

RE: When asked if he would undergo the security clearance process with oversight in order to get more information to protect his community, if the opportunity was offered, Patrick Brown replied that he would.

RE: When asked if he had won the CPC leadership, would he get his security clearance with oversight, Brown says he doesn't want to be dragged into federal political fights...

But he had no problem saying Poilièvre's name though 😏

RE: MP @MarkGerretsen pushes Patrick Brown, eventually getting him to acknowledge that certain behaviours alleged of the government of India, if not actual foreign interference, at least, fall into a "grey area'".

@MarkGerretsen RE: CPC MP Raquel Dancho is working ssssuper hard to get Patrick Brown to sssay the federal government isss to blame sssomehow, for ssssomething.

Alwaysss looking for the ssssocial media clip.

@MarkGerretsen RE: Liberal MP Jennifer O'Connell seems to tease out that MP Kyle Seeback (an alleged 20 year friend of Brown) never shared with him that he was leaving Brown's campaign because he didn't share Brown's vision (until he had said aloud in the HoC to her just the other day)

@MarkGerretsen RE: BQ MP Rhéal Fortin tries to equate the city of Brampton (not a foreign entity) holding an anti-Bill 21 protest to foreign governments sponsoring criminal activity on our soil.

This line of questioning is for domestic consumption only.

Shame on him for abusing the process.

RE: CPC MP Glen Motz has lost interest in foreign interference, asks Brown about crime in his city.

RE: When asked if Brown has spoken to anyone from the CPC prior to his testimony, and he mentions CPC MP Doug Shipley (about a personal matter) who — what a coincidence — is a member of this committee, but he is not present today — how convenient!

RE: CPC MP Raquel Dancho is trying to pretend that MP Mark Gerretsen just subjected Brown to a shockingly unreasonable line of questioning — it wasn't (and her uninterested monotone delivery was far from convincing).

She too has lost interest and is asking about local crime.

RE: CPC MP Raquel Dancho is trying to pretend that MP Mark Gerretsen just subjected Brown to a shockingly unreasonable line of questioning — it wasn't (and her uninterested monotone delivery was far from convincing).

She too has lost interest and is asking about local crime.

RE: A particularly thick CPC MP, Dane Lloyd asks Brown if he has any advice for projecting strength so that we respected enough that all nations are deterred from attempting foreign interference on our soil, which is a stupid question, because even the USA hasn't managed that!

RE: Liberal MP Jennifer O'Connell tables of motion to invite three more witnesses to testify, one of whom is Michelle Rempel Garner, the other two being those on the alleged 45-minute debrief about the angry call she's alleged to receive, but now denies constituted pressure.

RE: The meeting is adjourned without a vote on the motion.

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