MP Candice Bergen Criticizes Trudeau’s ‘Mischaracterization’ of Their Phone Call Amid Convoy Protest

MP Candice Bergen Criticizes Trudeau’s ‘Mischaracterization’ of Their Phone Call Amid Convoy Protest
Families join the Freedom Convoy protest in downtown Ottawa after police distributed arrest notices to truckers and their supporters occupying Wellington St. and the Parliament Hill area on Feb. 16, 2022. Richard Moore/The Epoch Times
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Former Conservative interim leader and MP Candice Bergen is criticizing Prime Minster Justin Trudeau for what she said amounts to mischaracterization of a private phone conversation between the two amid the Freedom Convoy protests last winter.

An interpretation of the Feb. 3 phone call by Katie Telford, Trudeau’s chief of staff, was followed by a number of media articles suggesting that Bergen publicly urged Trudeau to engage in dialogue with the protesters while privately acknowledging concerns about engagement.