Poilievre’s briefing refusal is a sign of the end of collegiality on the Hill

Unlike days of yore, there now appears to be a climate of mistrust reigning over Parliament Hill.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s decision to avoid the necessary security clearance to obtain a deeper briefing on foreign interference is a sign of the degradation of collegiality between Members of Parliament, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

June 19, 2024

KAMOURASKA, QUE—In early September 1983, my then-minister, solicitor- general of Canada Bob Kaplan, reached out to new opposition leader Brian Mulroney. Mulroney had been elected in a byelection a few weeks before in the Nova Scotia riding of Central Nova, and now had a se...

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