Parliament Hill braces for Canada Day protest as MPs face threats

House Sgt.-at-Arms Pat McDonnell told the House Affairs Committee recently that staff and MPs were harassed on a daily basis during the Freedom Convoy's occupation of downtown Ottawa in February, and that one protester threw what looked like a bag of human feces at one female Hill employee.

Canada Day revellers, pictured on July 1, 2019, on Parliament Hill, which was the last in-person celebration of Canada's birthday on the Hill. Police are bracing for this year's festivities, which will happen at LeBreton Flats in Ottawa and at Place des Festivals Zibi in Gatineau, Que. The Ottawa Police Service has committed to implementing 'unprecedented and unique' security measures in response to any demonstrations against federal COVID restrictions in the national capital on Canada Day. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY CHRISTOPHER GULY

June 24, 2022

This year’s official Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill will be lower-key than years past, including before the pandemic. As Centre Block undergoes a rehabilitation retrofit, most July 1 a...

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