Liberal MP Accused of Making Insulting Gesture Toward Tories Says He Has Received Violent Threats

Liberal MP Accused of Making Insulting Gesture Toward Tories Says He Has Received Violent Threats
The Parliament Hill Peace Tower is framed in an iron fence on Wellington Street in Ottawa on March 12, 2020. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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The Liberal MP who was accused of making an insulting gesture toward Conservative MPs during a House of Commons vote on the carbon tax claimed he has been harrassed on social media.

“I have received threats of violence. I have had people threaten to cause violence at my constituency office and I regret to say that I have also received death threats. This is not OK. My staff are scared and members of my family are scared,” Liberal MP Ken McDonald told the chamber on Nov. 8.