Poilievre says Carney must explain ‘failed’ screening that led to NATO spy case

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Thursday that Prime Minister Mark Carney “has a lot of explaining to do” about how the government “failed” to screen a Canadian intern at NATO’s Belgium headquarters who was arrested recently on espionage charges. “How is it that this individual was not captured in the vetting process originally, but that other countries and governments were able to have the intelligence to find this troubling information?” Poilievre said while speaking with reporters in St. John’s, N.L. “Why is it that we keep learning about national security threats to our country from foreign governments?” When…