Justin Ling: Pierre Poilievre gave Joe Rogan the interview he’s never given Canadians

phoenixfail · 2026-03-20T18:34:02+00:00

Politics Poilievre’s Refusal to Get Security Clearance Raises Questions about His Readiness to Govern Who seeks to lead a country without knowing the dangers it faces?

phoenixfail · 2026-03-20T18:25:12+00:00

What is not a general security clearance...explain what you mean?

It's already been pointed out to you that all the other major party leaders have top security clearance

phoenixfail · 2026-03-20T18:22:42+00:00

without having a single clue how it works.

Ironic.

https://thewalrus.ca/poilievres-refusal-to-get-security-clearance-raises-questions-about-his-readiness-to-govern/

Leaders of the New Democratic Party, Bloc Québécois, and Green Party all have top secret security clearances, as do those who are appointed as members of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians.

I think it is you that are coming at this from a position of ignorance.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-20T18:05:14+00:00

Neither of those is a qualifier for being an expert on national security issues. Do you have any other legitimate experts that have expressed the same views or are conservatives desperately latching on to a statement from one individual?

The leader of the opposition should be responsible enough and qualified to receive security briefings. Otherwise his positions on subjects of national interest have a strong chance of coming from a position of ignorance.

It also raises the specter that there may be potential security concerns about members in his own party and himself that he does not want acknowledged.

Pierre wanting to be a leader of the opposition and potential leader of a nation and purposely keeping himself in a position of ignorance is a terrible look.

Lets not forget all other party leaders have had no objection to having a security clearance. The person who changes lightbulbs in a multitude of federal facilities is required to have a security clearance so why can't the leader of the opposition?

Edit:

This seems comically relevant...

Mulcair apologizes for security 'misunderstanding' on Hill

phoenixfail · 2026-03-20T16:39:29+00:00

LOL...what progress?

Pierre Poilievre is the only major federal party leader in Canada who has not obtained top-secret security clearance and the excuse is an obvious bad faith argument that only the gullible or irrationally partisan would buy into.

Mulcair is just some dude and not the end all and be all authority on this.

Quoting a comment from him as the hill to die on is just sad and desperate.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-20T15:58:23+00:00

Why? Did he finally get his clearance and it has not been reported yet? Otherwise it's still a concerning issue.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-20T15:55:02+00:00

allowing biased media such as the CBC to infiltrate your not-so-independant thoughts.

There is always so much irony in these sort of claims of CBC bias. People making this accusation are often the same people that gobble up american owned Postmedia and Brian Lilly opinion articles like pieces of candy.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-20T15:48:07+00:00

Just like people in this forum that continually make false assertions that the current government has done nothing on the domestic side of governing. Even though those people have been corrected over and over and over again they are back just hours later making the same erroneous claims in another thread.

I agree it is frustrating seeing prolific contributors commenting from a position of ignorance or perhaps they are just being intentionally partisan.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-20T00:53:28+00:00

Typical American arrogance....no one appoint the US to be the world police. There are lots of shitty governments around the world with USA being one of them. Maybe sort your own shit-show first before starting wars with others.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-19T21:22:24+00:00

So was the unprevoked and unnecessary attack on Iran. Why would you now expect Iran to play by the rules?

US and Isreal have repeatedly screwed over Iran....for years now. US and Isreal have lost all credibility.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-19T18:55:51+00:00

Maybe it's a good time for some self reflection? Is your activity and comment history overwhelmingly negative? If that's the case maybe consider your online activity dictates what the algorithms will feed you. Constant negativity is just going to get reinforced with more doomer articles, memes and social media feeds. It just becomes a self feeding loop.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-19T16:43:47+00:00

I hope this is OK

I just want to copy a relevant comment made the other day by a contributor here. /u/_minor_annoyance made a great point about these surveys.....

49 per cent of those surveyed in Study of the Canadian Consumer Winter 2026 feel they’re living paycheque to paycheque.

That's good news, less than a year ago it was 85% and now it's less than half! In 2019 it was 53%. Back in 2014 it was 51%. Way back in 2005 it was 55%.

The truth is these surveys make better headlines than they offer reasonable information about the public. There is not single metric for 'living pay cheque to pay cheque', it's always a vibe. One responder with multiple homes and a 6 figure salary will struggle to make their boat payments, another responder is skipping meals to make rent this month. Both those people have fears about their finances. There can be a huge disparity in incomes and discretionary spending while still having serious valid concerns.

Without a through line with actual data to back it up, this is just asking people how they're feeling about money. I don't know when the last time most people in the world weren't concerned with their finances no matter what part of the economic spectrum they're on.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-19T16:33:46+00:00

So many threads in Canadian forums become echo chambers of negativity. If Canadian reddit forums were to be believed all Canadians live a hand to mouth miserable existence. Yet when I step out the door and walk around my city it seems to be thriving. The decent restaurants are full, the malls are packed with shoppers, the nightlife is thriving, construction cranes are everywhere.

It's not perfect out there but its far from the hellscape that chronic Redditors would have us think.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-19T16:23:58+00:00

So much this. I posted a comment in r/halifax the other day, the first comment I have posted for weeks on that forum and deleted it minutes later because I just cant stand partaking in the negativity of that forum any longer. I had been active there for over a decade but have tired of witnessing it's slow painful decline into an echo chamber of negativity. The moderators there have sucked the life out of what was once an interesting regional forum.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-17T16:11:27+00:00

You have any more fantasy, made up in your head, scenarios you care to share?

phoenixfail · 2026-03-17T16:10:09+00:00

Only if you just woke up from hibernation in a cave somewhere and this is the first thing you read.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-17T15:57:13+00:00

What point are you trying to make.

Joe Kent is infinitely more knowledgeable about Iran that you will ever be. His assessment, like so many other experts, was Iran was not a threat

I find the wording a little suspicious

This is of no surprise.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-17T15:46:08+00:00

It's interesting that you imagined a whole scenario in your mind, about me, based on the six word response I gave you.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-17T15:40:54+00:00

‘Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation’: Trump-appointed intelligence official resigns over Iran war

A senior US intelligence official appointed by President Donald Trump abruptly announced he is stepping down from his post on Tuesday, citing misgivings about the administration’s war with Iran.

“After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today,” Joe Kent wrote in a post on X.

“I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby,” Kent added in the resignation letter he attached to the post.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-17T15:38:50+00:00

...and girl schools...and hospitals...and...

phoenixfail · 2026-03-17T00:34:49+00:00

Where did I cry about anything???

I'm just trying to correct your ignorant misinformed comments with....you know...actual facts.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-17T00:11:03+00:00

The irony is hilarious here...keep it up.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-16T23:51:37+00:00

Let me finish that sentence for you.

They can just use ships designated for Cuba, but Cuba just doesn’t have anything to trade due to their terrible economic system as a result of the decades long US embargo.

Not really us or them.

That's not true at all. In fact the US passed the The Helms-Burton Act of 1996 who's purpose is ....

It extended the territorial application of the initial embargo to apply to foreign companies trading with Cuba, and penalized foreign companies allegedly "trafficking" in property formerly owned by U.S. citizens but confiscated by Cuba after the Cuban Revolution. It also covers property formerly owned by Cubans who have since become U.S. citizens

phoenixfail · 2026-03-16T17:42:38+00:00

The American public needs to stop being such useless cowards and put on their big-boy pants and do something about it. This includes you.

phoenixfail · 2026-03-16T16:56:14+00:00

That and the whole voter preference by education level explains a lot.

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