Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is seeking security clearance to receive briefings on foreign interference in her province, but the leader of the Opposition says she shouldn't be trusted with it.
The premier told the Legislative Assembly of Alberta this week that she has started the process to get a higher security clearance so she can receive briefings from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS).
"I would like to know if there is any foreign interference happening in our province," Smith said during question period Wednesday.
(Opposition NDP Leader Naheed) Nenshi said he believes Smith should be disqualified from obtaining the clearance, citing what he called her lack of concern about the ongoing separation campaign in Alberta, and questions he has about the premier's trip to Saudi Arabia last fall to meet with local government officials, which was taken on a private plane.
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veeesix@lemmy.ca · 28 pts · 153d
maplesaga@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 153d
Do you want your official opposition to be censored?
Mulcair was right, the job requires vigilance for being contrarian. None of which is aided by being sued about talking about things the Liberals deem national security, via the bill c17 they wrote.
veeesix@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 153d
I would rather the elected federal opposition was educated and making informed decisions rather than making appeals to crypto bros and the Joe Rogan Experience.
maplesaga@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 152d
He was criticizing the BoC, which ignored inflation for an entire year, and which told people to borrow near the absolute peak because interest rates would stay low.
Its pretty crazy what they did, I think it will be looked at pretty critically when Tiff steps down.
k0e3@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 153d
Why would she expose herself like that lol
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 21 pts · 153d
She wants to know how much dirt we have on her already.
Reannlegge@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 153d
You think she is smart enough to know what all goes into it?
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 153d
I get that. If I were a scammer, and I could have access to police records, I'd also want to know how much the police knows about my crimes
HeroicBillyBishop@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 152d
....This is so she can tell her MAGA masters what information Canadian intelligence services possess
She is a traitor and should not be trusted with sensitive / secret information
alsimoneau@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 151d
She know there's some. She's the one doing it.
betanumerus@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 152d
CanadaPlus@futurology.today · 2 pts · 151d
It's a lot of paperwork and you have to pay for it.
IndridCold@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 152d
Let her think she has it. Feed her false information. See if it leaks. If she leaks it, she fails the test.
melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 152d
I didn't watch the podcast as I had already ruled out PP as a potential leader.
ikidd@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 152d
Maybe she should learn how to read first.
AndriiZvorygin@helpos.ca · 0 pts · 153d
I think let her have it if she wants it.
CanadaPlus@futurology.today · 1 pts · 151d
Yes, this is easily one of the more harmless things she's asked for/done.