The mayor called for action after Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland was confronted in Grande Prairie on Friday by a man who yelled profanities at her and called her…
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland was confronted in Grande Prairie on Friday by a man who repeatedly yelled profanities at her and called her a traitor. A video circulating online over the weekend shows Freeland arriving inside city hall in Grande Prairie before being confronted by the man while she approached and entered an elevator.Sign up to receive the daily top stories from the National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
The mayor said it took her two days to write a victim’s statement so charges could be laid against the person who threatened her with the horse head. “The cold reality is that we all know the deputy prime minister will be targeted again. We know I will be targeted again,” she said. “Women in media and politics often feel like we’re screaming into the void.”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday called for political leaders to take a united stance against threats of violence and intimidation in response to the verbal abuse of Freeland.
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