The RCMP says it is launching an investigation into the alleged verbal harassment of Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland by a man in Grande Prairie, Alb., last week.
In a video circulated online, a man confronts Freeland in a public building. He uses multiple profanities and calls her a “traitor” while asking what she’s doing in Alberta.
As Freeland enters an elevator, he tells her to get “out of this province,” while a woman alongside him adds that Freeland doesn’t “belong” in Alberta.
RCMP spokeswoman Robin Percival said in a statement that verbal assaults such as these can sometimes be illegal, but did not specify any specific offenses made by the Alberta man….