Catherine McKenna: Canada environment minister given extra security
Source: BBC
Catherine McKenna: Canada environment minister given extra security
8 September 2019
Canada's environment minister says she has been assigned a security detail because of abuse she has received both online and in person.
Catherine McKenna said in one recent incident a man in a car pulled up alongside her and her children, swore and called her a "climate Barbie".
In Canada, government ministers rarely need high levels of protection.
The move comes as environmental campaigners, particularly women, report increasing levels of abuse.
Climate change has become a major issue in Canada's federal election in October, with the two main parties taking opposing views on the subject.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49627153
Catherine McKenna says the "vocal sexism" directed towards her is unacceptable (Reuters)