Several ministers from the Canadian government of Justin Trudeau and political leaders protested on Saturday after the spread on social media of a video showing a man verbally attacking Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland.
A 14-second video posted on social media.
The incident took place on Friday in Alberta (west of the country), the province where Chrystia Freeland is from, who was born in Peace River, 200 km northeast of Grande Prairie, where she was talking with the mayor of this town after meeting with farmers in the morning.
The 14-second video, posted on TikTok and Twitter, shows the Canadian government No. 2 heading for an elevator, followed by a man yelling at her.
“You traitor,” the man throws at him in particular, a cap on his head and dressed in a sleeveless shirt. “Get out of this province!” he continues.
“What happened yesterday is not correct. No one (…) should have to tolerate threats or intimidation,” replied the deputy prime minister, in a statement posted on Twitter on Saturday at the end of the day, lamenting an “unpleasant incident”. .
“I will keep coming back to Alberta because it is my home,” he said.
“Such harassment cannot be tolerated”
Several political figures, such as Jason Kenney, Alberta’s Conservative Premier, have denounced “verbal harassment” and “threats” against Chrystia Freeland, who is also finance minister.
“What happened to the deputy prime minister of Canada is unacceptable,” he again criticized François Legault, the prime minister of Quebec.
Chrystia Freeland also drew support from several members of Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government: François-Philippe Champagne, the innovation minister, said he was “shocked” while Anita Anand, the defense minister, said she was “dismayed by the threats and intimidation. “addressed to her colleague.
“This behavior has no place in Canada. We are all here to promote dialogue on important public policy issues, and such harassment cannot be tolerated,” added Anita Anand.
Source: BFM TV
