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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
This is Canada’s parliament we’re talking about here, not the West Wing. Canadian politicians don’t have robust staffs of researchers and lawyers. Most have an admin assistant, a constituency office manager, and a 23 year old intern.
Canadians would probably be surprised to learn just how ad hoc most of this stuff is. The ‘vetting’ is typically nothing more than an RCMP security staffer doing a criminal background check, same as a parent undergoes to volunteer at a school. And which would have come up clean for this guy.
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Yeah, I don't know why people seem to think guests have to undergo some kind of deep character study to get into the Parliament building. Obviously they would screen people for weapons and whatnot, but once you've established they have nothing dangerous, what risk is a 98 year old going to present?