Liberal MP Pam Damoff is leading consultations on a red dress alert system with NDP MP Leah Gazan and Indigenous frontline workers.
Two Liberal MPs provided a parliamentary committee with multiple examples Thursday of threatening abuse they say they have received from members of the public — some of which they claim was in reaction to public messaging by Conservative MPs.Liberal MP Pam Damoff says she has received a torrent of abuse online and in person and claims some of that has been driven by the public messaging of MPs.
The multiple examples of harassing messages they read out to the committee contained insulting and vulgar language referring to them and their family members, some of it sexually explicit. Other messages were violent and threatened the MPs' lives.Harassment of MPs spiked almost 800% in 5 years, says House sergeant-at-arms
She offered one example of the sort of message she received: "I hope and pray to God that you will die a horrible painful death and your family too because you and your genes are a piece of shit and need to be removed from the planet." Damoff said her office was subsequently inundated with harassing emails from the public that called her a "bitch," repeatedly used "the c-word" and threatened her.because of the climate of harassment, said that only some Conservative MPs engaged in such conduct and that she has friends "across the aisle."
"It is unfortunate that Liberals are trying to use a serious issue like harassment, something that we all condemn, to launch baseless partisan attacks," he added.MPs getting panic buttons after minister reveals he received death threats
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