Profanity hurled at Deputy PM Freeland part of ‘darkening trend of aggression,’ as ‘tenor, tone’ of political debate has degraded, say experts

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says 'this kind of cowardly behaviour threatens and undermines our democracy, and our values of openness and respect upon which Canada was built.'

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, right, is the latest political leader to be on the receiving end of profanity and aggression. The incident, in which a man yelled at her and followed her up to an elevator, was captured on video and shared on social media. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia and Screenshot courtesy of Twitter

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

September 5, 2022

Following yet another incident where a high-profile Canadian politician faced verbal harassment—in this case, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland accosted outside an Alberta city hall elevator—public safety and national security experts say the lines between legitimate criticism of elected o...

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