What even happens in the case where a PM fails a background/security check? It’d obviously be a national security risk but I don’t think there’s any precedent for it…
At least it’s looking like none of this will matter though looking at the polls (obv still need to keep our guard up though)
I assumed anyone moving this far up a political party would have had a security check at some point. If for no other reason then to cover the parties ass so they don’t wind yo backing someone who has some dark skeletons.
I am sure there are security checks done, but never to the highest level. I personally have had multiple levels of security checks done on me, both provincially and nationally. Provincial checks just look at your criminal record (part of the national database). National ones used to just check out the criminal record however do to some issues that happened with an employee of a national agency, I will just say I attended a Christmas party with someone on the FBI’s wanted list things where locked down a bit more. They started doing financial record checks as well, I am sure there were more checks but I had some stupid credit monitoring thing on my credit score so I only know about that I am sure the agency did not want more egg on their face and they only did the whole check on me when I changed my name. PP has been an MLA longer than the FBI wanted person issue so there is that.
Then there is different security clearance that you need to get to deal with for different levels of policing agencies and judicial departments. Those are more extensive than what I had originally done prior to changing my name yet they have lower levels of clearance. What I am saying is PP probably got a basic check done where no one really looked at anything other than “you have no criminal record” and was fine with that. As he made it past the first check I am sure no one bothered spending time or money to further check him out, given the political landscape of today I am hoping that in the future if PP is not crowned PM checks will become mandatory to lead a party, I would like to see everyone running for office to require some form of CSIS or national security check before running, not to the same level of the PM but some requirement. I am surprised that it did not become so after what’s his face from Regina who was the CPC leader for a bit was found out to have a bogus CV, but somehow the people in whatever Regina ridding that is still elect him.
Just before I hit post I am reminded that CSIS did a background check on elected officials in parliament to investigate election interference, if I remember correctly the actual elected officials were never talked to but a basic look at them and their history then their history told CSIS if they needed to investigate. Maybe CSIS has something on him and they cannot appear biased so they are kicking the can to parliament in case he is crowned PM? If they have something on him it will not be election interference but, I am scared to think what they could have and rather PO’d that they are not letting it out to parliament now.
What even happens in the case where a PM fails a background/security check? It’d obviously be a national security risk but I don’t think there’s any precedent for it…
At least it’s looking like none of this will matter though looking at the polls (obv still need to keep our guard up though)
If he becomes PM he gets the clearance automatically, parliament would then have to look into him if things happen.
I assumed anyone moving this far up a political party would have had a security check at some point. If for no other reason then to cover the parties ass so they don’t wind yo backing someone who has some dark skeletons.
I am sure there are security checks done, but never to the highest level. I personally have had multiple levels of security checks done on me, both provincially and nationally. Provincial checks just look at your criminal record (part of the national database). National ones used to just check out the criminal record however do to some issues that happened with an employee of a national agency, I will just say I attended a Christmas party with someone on the FBI’s wanted list things where locked down a bit more. They started doing financial record checks as well, I am sure there were more checks but I had some stupid credit monitoring thing on my credit score so I only know about that I am sure the agency did not want more egg on their face and they only did the whole check on me when I changed my name. PP has been an MLA longer than the FBI wanted person issue so there is that.
Then there is different security clearance that you need to get to deal with for different levels of policing agencies and judicial departments. Those are more extensive than what I had originally done prior to changing my name yet they have lower levels of clearance. What I am saying is PP probably got a basic check done where no one really looked at anything other than “you have no criminal record” and was fine with that. As he made it past the first check I am sure no one bothered spending time or money to further check him out, given the political landscape of today I am hoping that in the future if PP is not crowned PM checks will become mandatory to lead a party, I would like to see everyone running for office to require some form of CSIS or national security check before running, not to the same level of the PM but some requirement. I am surprised that it did not become so after what’s his face from Regina who was the CPC leader for a bit was found out to have a bogus CV, but somehow the people in whatever Regina ridding that is still elect him.
Just before I hit post I am reminded that CSIS did a background check on elected officials in parliament to investigate election interference, if I remember correctly the actual elected officials were never talked to but a basic look at them and their history then their history told CSIS if they needed to investigate. Maybe CSIS has something on him and they cannot appear biased so they are kicking the can to parliament in case he is crowned PM? If they have something on him it will not be election interference but, I am scared to think what they could have and rather PO’d that they are not letting it out to parliament now.