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Fear, loathing and ‘anti-politics’: Inside the new reality for Canadian politicians

The man kept following her and screaming that he wanted to go home.

Judy Sgro, a Liberal member of Parliament, was herself just trying to get home from the West Block on Parliament Hill when she noticed a man in his forties following her. It was during the “Freedom Convoy” protests this winter, when anti-government and anti-vaccine-mandate protesters occupied the downtown streets for three weeks.

The incident quickly went from bizarre to frightening for Sgro, who has served in office for more than 30 years and says she has never been confronted in the way she was that night.

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