RCMP investigating verbal attack on Chrystia Freeland in Alberta
during a visit to Alberta last week in the latest of a worsening spate of abuse against women in public roles.
“Physical action and statements made in person or online can have a significant impact and can be against the law. When the threshold for a criminal charge is met, the RCMP or the police of jurisdiction may arrest and lay charges,” Duval said in the statement. She added that Canadian members of Parliament can receive RCMP protection “as needed” but that the force could not comment on whether such protection was being provided to Freeland.
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