The Confederation Building is pictured through a window of West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 16, 2024.
The harassment members of Parliament experience from the public has jumped almost 800 per cent in the last five years, according to the person in charge of security in the House of Commons.The man in charge of security at the House of Commons says his office has started 'bulk filing' harassing complaints because 'there's just so much of it.
"In 2019 there was approximately eight files we opened up on threat behaviours, either direct or in direct threat towards an MP, and in 2023 there was 530 files opened," McDonnell said.Justice minister says protest at his home over Israel-Hamas war crossed a line Tuesday's meeting heard from House administration officials responsible for the operations of the Commons, including Clerk Eric Janse, Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel Michel Bédard, Chief Human Resources Officer Carolyne Evangelidis, Deputy Clerk Jeffrey LeBlanc and Speaker Greg Fergus.
"Twitter used to be our best contact for bringing stuff down off social media and once the new owner took over, our contacts there were let go and now there's nobody to contact at that particular social media platform," McDonnell said. "I think the time is ripe," she said. "We must proceed with this revision … so that beginning in September we can make proposals so that we can do this before the end of 2024."Liberal MP Pam Damoff asked the House officials at committee if any action is taken when an MP posts something on social media that drives online harassment of another MP.
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