Liberal ministers accuse Conservatives of supporting protesters that harassed Singh

By The Canadian Press on September 18, 2024.

OTTAWA – Two Liberal ministers are accusing Conservatives of lending their support to protesters who harassed Jagmeet Singh, among others, outside of Parliament Hill this week.

A video circulated online Tuesday showing two men following the NDP leader as one of them appears to call him a “corrupted bastard.”

Singh turned around and confronted the two men, asking who had hurled the insult.

The two men denied making the remark and appeared to back off, which prompted Singh to call one of them a “coward” for not saying it to his face.

Immigration Minister Marc Miller and Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault applauded Singh today for defending himself and decried the harassment purported by protesters outside of Parliament Hill this week.

Miller says Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is playing “footsies” with the group of protesters and called on him to “repudiate” the harassment by “people that support him.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 18. 2024.

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