My Take | How Ottawa falsifies a political attack
- A man shouted obscenities in public at the Canadian deputy prime minister and finance minister, Chrystia Freeland, during an official trip to Alberta, most likely not because she is a woman but because of long-standing bad blood between the province and the federal government
To realise how far political discourse has sunk in Canada, you just have to read Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s widely reported response to an unfortunate incident involving his political favourite, deputy prime minister and finance minister Chrystia Freeland, last Friday.
Given the recent political developments at home and abroad, you might think Freeland would have the decency to stay home in Ottawa, instead of taking an official trip to western Canada, and Alberta at that.
While at a city hall in Grande Prairie, Alberta, a man shouted obscenities at her. The entire “liberal” press was aghast. And Trudeau was shocked, shocked, shocked!
“What the f*** are you doing in Alberta?” the man shouted at Freeland, who was also called a “traitor” and a “f****** b****.” The video clip has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times.
Freeland was born in Alberta, of Ukrainian ancestry, and was on an official visit to the province.
Trudeau responded in his typical virtue-signalling way: “We are seeing increasingly people in public life and people in positions of responsibility, particularly women, racialised Canadians, people of minority or different community groups, being targeted almost because of the increasing strength of your voices.