Poilievre rejects terms of CSIS foreign interference briefing [Video]

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is rejecting the terms of a briefing from Canada’s spy agency regarding foreign interference because it won’t enable him to act on the information, his office says.

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) said in December that it was looking to share “some information to the leader of the Official Opposition through a threat reduction measure.”

But a spokesperson for Poilievre said Tuesday that the Conservative leader wouldn’t be able to act upon the information he received from the CSIS briefing.

“[Poilievre] would be legally prevented from speaking with anyone other than legal counsel about the briefing and would be able to take action only as expressly authorized by the government, rendering him unable to effectively use any relevant information he received,” spokesperson Sebastian Skamski said in a statement to CBC News.

Skamski said not allowing Poilievre to act goes against the point of a threat …