'I felt safe,' but others might not, NDP leader says of incident near Parliament

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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Canada needs to ensure elected officials don't feel bullied or intimidated for doing their work.

Singh commented Monday after he was followed and verbally accosted on the street in front of Parliament Hill last week by a man who asked if he wanted to be arrested.

The Parliamentary Protective Service, which polices Parliament Hill and the surrounding precinct under the ambit of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, said it was beefing up its presence in the area after receiving a complaint from the New Democrats and because of other recent incidents involving other MPs and members of the media.

"I felt safe and comfortable," Singh said of the situation, largely because he had years of martial arts training. Singh, who does not normally have a security detail outside of an election period, said the choice between walking freely down a street and needing security is a complicated one, given the culture of openness enjoyed in Canada.

 

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Funny, I say the same of the 300 and something that sit about deciding how to spend the money they take from me while spending the off time deciding what I should be allowed to do.

so big and tough, singh

The arrogance of these elites is unprecedented. They have NO Idea how this looks and sounds to the rest of us. None.

You felt safe because it was staged, you goon. Canadians aren't racist. You are.

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