Blanchet has not submitted foreign interference security clearance
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Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet said he still has not submitted the necessary paperwork to read the full version of a stunning foreign interference report.
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet told Global News Thursday that he has not submitted the necessary paperwork to read the full version of a top-secret report into parliamentarians engaging in suspected foreign interference operations.
The National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) released a report last month that contained stunning allegations that sitting parliamentarians “wittingly” or “semi-wittingly” collaborated with foreign governments.
A heavily redacted version of the 92-page document was made public, but in order to read the full contents, politicians must undergo a security clearance process.
A month after the report’s release, Blanchet said he’s “almost” finished the security clearance paperwork.
“I intend to complete that pretty soon,” he said. “It’s not an issue before the end of the summer, so I’m still in it.”
Blanchet added that he thinks the process is cumbersome.
“I don’t like it very much,” he said. “It’s a bit long to go through.”
The security clearance form is six pages.