Blanchet has not submitted foreign interference security clearance

Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet told Global News Thursday that he has not submitted nan basal paperwork to publication nan afloat type of a top-secret study into parliamentarians engaging successful suspected foreign interference operations.

The National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) released a study past period that contained stunning allegations that sitting parliamentarians “wittingly” aliases “semi-wittingly” collaborated pinch overseas governments.

A heavy redacted type of nan 92-page archive was made public, but successful bid to publication nan afloat contents, politicians must acquisition a information clearance process.

A period aft nan report’s release, Blanchet said he’s “almost” vanished nan information clearance paperwork.

“I intend to complete that beautiful soon,” he said. “It’s not an rumor earlier nan extremity of nan summer, truthful I’m still successful it.”

Blanchet added that he thinks nan process is cumbersome.

“I don’t for illustration it very much,” he said. “It’s a spot agelong to spell through.”

The security clearance form is six pages.

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Blanchet antecedently said it’s important to publication nan afloat report.

“All I want is to make judge earlier nan predetermination that location is nary personnel of Parliament successful my caucus which would person been progressive successful immoderate measurement pinch a overseas power,” he said astatine a property convention connected June 19.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh person publication nan unredacted version. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he will not spell done nan information process to publication nan afloat report. Conservative members of Parliament person based on if Poilievre sounds nan unredacted version, he won’t beryllium capable to enactment connected what he learns. However, Poilievre’s agency has said he would return a briefing from nan Canadian Security Intelligence Service connected issues circumstantial to nan Conservatives.