Latest incident targeting McKenna underscores urgency of effort to curb gender violence

There’s a direct line over the decades connecting the Montreal massacre to the outpouring of sexualized hate and threats against McKenna, which were of such concern last year that the government had to give her a security detail.

Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna, pictured Aug. 10, addresses reporters following an incident at her constituency office involving a man who launched into a invective-filled diatribe directed at her female staffer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

August 11, 2020

OTTAWA—A hateful and invective-filled diatribe by a man at Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna’s constituency office—now being investigated by the Ottawa police hate crimes unit—is only the latest incident in a trend that should alarm every Canadian.

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