OTTAWA --
Public Security Minister Marco Mendicino is asking on Twitter to take away a tweet from an Ontario politician who labelled federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra a "terrorist."
Mendicino says the tweet from Unbiased MPP Randy Hillier is "flagrantly abusive, offensive and Islamophobic" and quantities to "hate speech" that should not have any place on Twitter or different social media platforms.
In a tweet right this moment supporting truckers against obligatory vaccination towards COVID-19 with a purpose to cross the Canada-U.S. border, Hillier refers to Alghabra as a terrorist who has condemned Canadians to hunger within the title of public security.
In a separate assertion, Hillier calls on the RCMP to open a prison investigation into Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whom he accuses of partaking in an "act of home terrorism" by depriving Canadians of meals and different fundamental requirements in the course of winter.
A convoy of truckers and different vaccine opponents is on its method to Ottawa for a rally towards vaccine mandates, which Hillier says he intends to attend.
Final month, Mendicino referred to as on Twitter to behave on a tweet from one other vaccination opponent that the minister stated was geared toward intimidating and threatening Canadian Medical Affiliation president Katharine Good for championing inoculations.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Jan. 25, 2022.
Minister of Public Security Marco Mendicino joins fellow federal ministers as he makes an announcement concerning border measures and COVID-19 throughout a press convention in Ottawa on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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