The idea of a law to protect elected officials from vile rhetoric is unfair and an assault on free speech
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks as Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre listens during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Sept. 18, 2023.
The Ontario MP, who handily won her seat in Oakville North-Burlington in the last three elections, says she has been approached by voters at public functions who have warned her to watch her back, and told her she was going to get what was coming to her. In such cases, police have said that those kind of threats don’t meet the standard for pressing charges.
To make an exception for elected officials would be unfair at best, and an assault on free speech at worst. The problem is not the law, it’s the times in which we live. Politicians of all stripes are enduring personal attacks online and in person – and it’s coming from other politicians, not just from angry voters.
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