{"id":5709,"date":"2022-08-29T02:28:36","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T20:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/?p=5709"},"modified":"2022-08-29T02:28:36","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T20:28:36","slug":"canada-deputy-pm-freeland-verbally-abused-in-alberta-trudeau-calls-it-part-of-a-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/national\/2022\/08\/29\/news\/5709\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada deputy PM Freeland verbally abused in Alberta, Trudeau calls it part of a trend"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5710\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5710\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/canada-1-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5710\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man called Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland a &#8220;traitor&#8221; and a &#8220;f-cking b-tch&#8221; as she walked toward an elevator.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Broadcasting news corporation : Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday condemned an abusive verbal attack on his deputy prime minister and finance minister, Chrystia Freeland, which he described as an \u201cextremely disturbing harassment\u201d that was not an isolated incident. \u201cWe are seeing increasingly people in public life and people in positions of responsibility, particularly women, racialized Canadians, people of minority or different community groups, being targeted almost because of the increasing strength of your voices,\u201d Trudeau said in an address on Sunday. \u201cWe are seeing a backlash\u2026. We have to ask ourselves what kind of country we are, what kind of country we want to be.\u201d In the video of the incident shared on Twitter late on Friday, Freeland was approaching the elevator of a city hall building in Grande Prairie, Alberta, when one man shouted at her.<br \/>\n\u201cWhat the f-ck are you doing in Alberta?\u201d the man said as Freeland walked toward and into the elevator. He also called her a \u201ctraitor\u201d and a \u201cf-cking b-tch.\u201d The video had hundreds of thousands of views. Freeland was born in Alberta and was on a tour of the province to meet with officials, businesses and workers. She acknowledged the incident in a tweet on Saturday. \u201cWhat happened yesterday was wrong. Nobody, anywhere, should have to put up with threats and intimidation,\u201d Freeland wrote on Twitter. Canadian politicians across the political spectrum also condemned the verbal attack. The incident was the latest among a series of verbal attacks against women in public life in Canada, including activists and journalists. A group of reporters for weeks have been publicly sharing a series of private and anonymous emails that they have received and which contain targeted threats of violence and sexual assault, along with racist and misogynistic language. 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