A Nova Scotia senator who was captured on video criticizing downtown residents who complained about the Freedom Convoy has been censured by his fellow senators.
On Nov. 30, the Senate chamber voted on division (without unanimous consent) to issue the sanction against Conservative Senator Michael MacDonald. The sanction holds a symbolic value but does not entail any penalties.
In the footage that was uploaded to social media shortly after, Mr. MacDonald expressed his support for the protestors who had “had enough of the … duplicity and the lies and the social management … and the control freaks and everything else,” in regards to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The senator also said he did not want the protestors to leave the city and criticized the Ottawa residents who did. “I hear this all the time, ‘They’re in our city.’ It’s everybody’s [expletive] city. This is the capital of our country,” he says. “It’s not your…
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