Poilievre Says He ‘Can’t Fathom’ CSIS Not Advising PM of Threat to MP

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre holds a press conference in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Jan. 25, 2023. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre said it’s hard to believe Canada’s spy agency would not have warned the prime minister that the family of an MP was being threatened by a foreign actor.

“I can’t fathom the thought that an intelligence agency would know of a threat against an MP’s family because of a vote conducted in the House of Commons and wouldn’t tell the prime minister,” Poilievre told reporters in Ottawa on May 3.