The National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) and the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA) are not allowed to review cabinet documents.
The agency that safeguards those records — the Privy Council Office (PCO) — will not guarantee that either agency will get an exemption from that rule for the foreign interference probe.
NSICOP wrote to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last fall to complain that its previous investigations into intelligence matters were hamstrung by the lack of access to cabinet documents.
A former clerk of the Privy Council said that in this case, it’s more important for NSIRA to see cabinet records with appropriate safeguards because it’s looking at the flow of information to decision-makers.
In setting up the framework for the reviews on March 6, 2023, Trudeau said he spoke with the heads of NSICOP and NSIRA and “underscored that Canadians need to have faith in their institutions and deserve answers and transparency.”
The work of both committees is crucial to the work of the special rapporteur on election interference — former governor general David Johnston. He’s expected to advise the Liberal government on its next steps in response to the political controversy that has shaken public trust in the integrity of Canada’s electoral system.
Related: Some 52% of respondents said a preliminary investigation of the allegations by former Governor General David Johnston was sincere, while 48% thought it was a cover-up
Third world bananarama.
Time for Banana Split.
https://youtu.be/5PinDNYYIiM
Kinda like this? Who would be PM? Freeland?
After Alberta WEXIT’s? I could care less.
Sadly DB, you are going nowhere. The voters shows that without a revolution nothing is happening.
V, either way.
As soon as I saw Justin’s quote “underscored that Canadians need to have faith in their institutions and deserve answers and transparency.”, I knew instantly that the opposite action would be taken. The heads of NSICOP and NSIRA will soon be fired and replaced with good Liberal bootlickers.
By what oversight are they not already?
Good Liberal Bootlickers are Can Ahh Duh’s number one product.
Recall those two ,lovely bureaucrats “interviewing” Ezra Levant,supposedly on behalf of “Elections Canada” because he wrote a book,during a 4 year election cycle..
In hindsight those two were the personification of the evil stupidity government exists to manufacture and maintain.
We may have it backwards.
Everything Government touches turns to shit.
Some creatures love to frolic in shit.
Government exists for the pleasure of such types.
For based upon the state of our Institutions,government serves no other purpose.
Theft by force of myth and use of gullible bullies..
So stupid that they believe they “are helping”.
And so inept that they are “trapped” in their roles..
Or so they tell us.
grok
“be fired and replaced with good Liberal bootlickers.”, yup O’Stool, and andy scheep are looking for work.
Yes as soon as Blackie McBlackface says stuff like that you know he guilty as sin. Everyone just knows he took Chinese money.
I heard that a Chinese princeling, (a descendant of the chief revolutionaries along with Mao), has been arrested by Xi for accepting donations to his family’s tax-free charitable foundation. He’s charged with corruption and could face a death sentence.
Sigh
The information withheld from the public by this “transparent” government goes to ridiculous lengths.
Last year’s Federal budget document contained the following claims: “Canada is already experiencing an increase in heat waves, wildfires, and heavy storms.” None of these claims is true. ACCORDING TO ENVIRONMENT CANADA’S PUBLISHED RECORDS, heat waves were more extreme in the early part of the 20th century and there is no evidence of an increase in heavy storms. “Canadian National Fire Data Base” published by Natural Resources Canada, shows that both the frequency of and the area burned by forest fires has declined since at least 1980.
Under the Access to Information Act I asked the Ministry of Finance for the sources of information that contradicts ECCC and NRCan published data. They can’t tell me. Why?
Cabinet confidentiality!
Unbelievable.
Don Smith, yer bulls arse is calling, it has some schiff for you!
“Everything Government touches turns to shit.”
Thanks for my new signature line. I’d been using Solzhenitsyn’s famous quote about lying, but this one seems more appropriate.
Reminds me of Trump’s “Everything woke turns to shit.”
It is really difficult to understand why the determination of whether we have a public inquiry over Chinese interference is being decided by one unelected man. It’s an investigation into deciding to make a decision. Just make a decision Justin and take your lumps if you make the wrong one. Isn’t that why we elected a government? No matter how intelligent or honorable our former GG is and even ignoring his long friendship with the Trudeaus it is still unfathomable why we need this step in the process. Unless it is just a delaying tactic while he hopes we forget or until the next scandal grabs our attention. Or a poor attempt at a cover up. What else are we to think?
It’s not about to have or not have an inquiry.
It’s about delaying the call until the polls show interest has dissipated.
Justin does not take “lumps”.
He lets others do that for him (for no son of Pierre faces the consequences!).
He needs this Chinese interference business to disappear or his Chinese bosses will end him.
Hence, the further opacity.
End-stage democracy will do that. It’s the bankruptcy to despotism transition. The Canadian Eloi only care about free stuff so when the music stops and the elected sociopaths can’t do anything about it, the Eloi will hear the call and line up like good little serfs.
“Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed by the masses”. – Plato
I’m old enough to remember the reason those bureaucracies where invented was because the Harper government wouldn’t let the opposition get its hands on info wrt CAF operations in Afghanistan.