Blanchet has not submitted security clearance due to foreign interference – National

Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-François Blanchet told Global News on Thursday that he has not submitted the necessary documentation to read the full version of a top-secret report on lawmakers involved in alleged foreign interference operations.

The National Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) last month published a report containing shocking allegations that sitting MPs were “consciously” or “semi-consciously” collaborating with foreign governments.

A heavily redacted version of the 92-page document was made public, but to read its full contents politicians must go through a security clearance process.

A month after the report was published, Blanchet said he had “almost” completed the security clearance paperwork.

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“I intend to finish it very soon,” he said. “It’s not a problem before the end of the summer, so I’m still working on it.”

Blanchet added that he considers the process to be cumbersome.

“I don’t like it very much,” he said. “It’s a bit long to read.”

He security clearance form It has six pages.

Blanchet said earlier that it is important to read the full report.

“All I want is to make sure before the elections that there is no member of parliament in my parliamentary group who has been involved in any way with a foreign power,” he said at a press conference on June 19.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh have read the uncensored version. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he will not go through the security process to read the full report. Conservative MPs have argued that if Poilievre reads the uncensored version, he will not be able to act on what he finds. However, Poilievre’s office has said he would accept a briefing from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service on issues specific to the Conservatives.