I agree, but that gets tricky, as the PM is appointed to the position by their elected peers.
So essentially, anyone appointed to a cabinet position should be required to already have security clearance. But then that means that people could be excluded from those positions if they didn’t get clearance, even if the reason they didn’t get clearance was that others refused to give it to them (eg, the people elected them, parliament elected them to cabinet, but the government itself was hostile).
Who else running for the position of Prime Minister of Canada REFUSED to get security clearance??? And why does your explanation not apply to all the other candidates? Hmmm……
Indeed; that’s exactly the type of thing Trump took advantage of in the US — getting away with behaviour because nobody had ever considered someone might decide that since it wasn’t illegal, why not do it?
But if we’re changing the rules to prevent ass hattery like PP’s, we need to ensure that it protects against the other extreme too… because otherwise someone will eventually take advantage of THAT, to equal detriment of the Canadian public.
I agree, but that gets tricky, as the PM is appointed to the position by their elected peers.
So essentially, anyone appointed to a cabinet position should be required to already have security clearance. But then that means that people could be excluded from those positions if they didn’t get clearance, even if the reason they didn’t get clearance was that others refused to give it to them (eg, the people elected them, parliament elected them to cabinet, but the government itself was hostile).
Who else running for the position of Prime Minister of Canada REFUSED to get security clearance??? And why does your explanation not apply to all the other candidates? Hmmm……
Indeed; that’s exactly the type of thing Trump took advantage of in the US — getting away with behaviour because nobody had ever considered someone might decide that since it wasn’t illegal, why not do it?
But if we’re changing the rules to prevent ass hattery like PP’s, we need to ensure that it protects against the other extreme too… because otherwise someone will eventually take advantage of THAT, to equal detriment of the Canadian public.