MPs are being given panic buttons to increase their personal security following a series of threats, and rising concern about harassment of Parliamentarians.
In an interview, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino revealed he has been subject to death threats on social media in recent weeks, after presenting a bill curbing gun ownership.
A video shows Singh encountering protesters as he left the campaign office, who can be heard shouting expletives at him and calling him a "traitor"' as he gets inside a vehicle. Singh has said the experience in Peterborough, Ont., was one of the worst incidents of aggressive behaviour in his political career.
The public safety minister said it was part of his mandate to "ensure that all parliamentarians have the security that they need." Mendicino says he received a number of death threats on Instagram after introducing a bill in Parliament last month bringing in gun controls to prevent gun violence.
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