Why does the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada refuse to get a security clearance to see classified documents. He is the first to scream about being left out, but this is entirely up to him. I suspect there is something that would prevent him from getting a security clearance and he does not want us to know. Or perhaps he is under the control of a foreign power… #Canada #SquintyMcProudBoy
Well if we’re speculating, I’d guess plausible deniability. Knowledge is power.
For example, say there’s something in the docs he already knows about (in broad strokes) but he needs an excuse for not being prepared to handle it once he’s in office (i.e. anything with negative outcomes that can only be averted with direct public sector spending), OR he has a source willing to leak documents to him and wants plausible deniability so that when something that he feels he could spin his party’s way gets leaked to media to manipulate opinions, it won’t be traced back to him.
EDIT I want to add that I don’t think only the CPC exclusively would do this stuff, but I’ve heard reports journalists need to be wary of intentional leaks for political gain and I’d be very surprised if the CPC wasn’t participating in this kind of thing.