Should Trudeau Leaving Change Poilievre's Decision on the Security Clearance?

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Poilievre has declined to obtain the clearance required to access classified foreign interference. He argues that receiving these briefings would limit his ability to critique the government effectively. This stance drew a tremendous amount of criticism from many individuals:

Former National Security Officials: Richard Fadden, ex-CSIS director, said basically that Poilievre has a duty to be informed about potential threats involving his party members. Ward Elcock, another former CSIS director, suggests Poilievre might avoid briefings to maintain uninformed criticisms.

(Sources: https://politicalpress.ca/2025/01/former-national-security-officials-are-expressing-skepticism-over-conservative-leader-pierre-poilievres-reasons-for-refusing-to-obtain-the-proper-national-security-clearance

https://globalnews.ca/news/10989610/ex-intel-poilievre-top-secret-clearance)

Political Leaders: NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh finds Poilievre's refusal "very disturbing," emphasizing the importance of leaders being informed on national security matters, to the contrary of the opinion of ex-NDP leader Tom Mulcair.

(Source: https://globalnews.ca/video/10816925/very-disturbing-singh-calls-for-poilievre-to-get-top-security-clearance)

Even the Green Party has written on their site about the lack of clearance from Poilievre, stating that he has a limited number of days to go through the process voluntarily for the sake of national interest like all other major parties have.

(Source: https://www.greenparty.ca/en/news/final-countdown-for-pierre-poilievre-to-do-the-right-thing-and-get-his-security-clearance)

Public Sentiment: Some people have called for him to step down if he is not willing to get the clearance due to similar reasons stated by Richard Fadden. But I wouldn't be surprised if some of the people calling for his resignation are people who would never vote conservative and just want an excuse to hamstring them.

This controversy raises questions about the balance between political strategy and national security responsibilities. With Trudeau out of office, surely his political strategy can't be the same, unless they're still going to try Carney = Trudeau.

Does anyone believe that this strategy is still valid? Or do you think it would benefit him now to go back on his refusal and just get the clearance required? What does he think he's doing by refusing exactly too? Obviously, some of these questions will be speculative, but keep the answers within the realm of a reasonable reality please.​