MPs ‘reassured’ by rollout of new off-Hill security measures

While some MPs say they're happy to see proactive measures taken, Tory MP Scott Aitchison says blanket measures for all MPs, regardless of threat assessment, would be a 'waste of money.'

NDP MP Charlie Angus, pictured at a Sept. 21, 2020, press conference, was the victim of a two-month online stalking campaign last summer, which he said put issues of threats to politicians into a different light.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ALICE CHEN

February 3, 2021

As a victim of online stalking, NDP MP Charlie Angus is acutely aware of how threat and intimidation can impede Members of Parliament in their work, and he said he's happy that new security measures are being put in place. “It actually undermines our ability to represent people democratically, th...

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