Canada: Police Arrest Journalist Who Questioned Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland

If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. It seems to be that time of year in Canada again – namely, early in the year – when true limits of the country’s staunchly declared, yet increasingly loosely adhered to, democracy is tested. Two years ago it was the Freedom Convoy participants that got “manhandled” by the state and its supporters debanked in a way that could have taught Stalin himself a thing or two about repression – and this January, it’s the freedom of the press that’s in the authorities’ crosshairs. Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland features in both these controversies – it was under her watch that people’s bank accounts were frozen as punishment for participation in a peaceful civil protest in 2022. This time around, Rebel News reporter David Menzies (whom Canada’s public broadcaster CBC refers to as “Rebel News personality” that “encountered” Freeland) got arrested for attempting to ask Freeland questions related to a 2020 incident, where Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is accused of shooting down a Ukrainian jet. Display content from Twitter Click here to display content from Twitter. Learn more in Twitter’s privacy policy. Always display content from Twitter Open content directly var _oembed_ae1656fadc447ed026e31029f6af3fc4 = ‘{“embed”:”<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Rebel News reporter David Menzies (<a href="https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMenzoid?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheMenzoid<\/a>) was brutally arrested by police after he tried to ask Chrystia Freeland questions.<br><br>Visit Rebel News for more on this story: <a href="https:\/\/t.co\/J42ReU1MjY">https:\/\/t.co\/J42ReU1MjY<\/a> <a href="https:\/\/t.co\/5vgNotnjyy">pic.twitter.com\/5vgNotnjyy<\/a><\/p>&mdash;…Canada: Police Arrest Journalist Who Questioned Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland