We need to make sure MPs are safe, and we have to put a lid on hatred

Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner, pictured Oct. 5, 2021, leaving the Conservative caucus on the Hill. Ms. Rempel Garner told CBC News that she’s experienced a number of instances of public harassment and received a death threat during the election campaign at her office.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY EDITORIAL

October 25, 2021

After British MP David Amess, who had been a Conservative lawmaker for 38 years, was stabbed to death on Oct. 15 while meeting with his constituents in Leigh-on-Sea, east of London, Canadian MPs reacted swiftly to the news on social media and in news stories. Quite rightly, our MPs identify with th...

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