Want Tighter Restrictions on Protests? Progressive Politicians Should Beware What They Wish For

Want Tighter Restrictions on Protests? Progressive Politicians Should Beware What They Wish For
People gather on Parliament Hill as the truckers' Freedom Convoy protesting COVID-19 mandates and restrictions stages demonstrations in Ottawa on Jan. 29, 2022. Limin Zhou/The Epoch Times
Cory Morgan
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People were aghast at the behaviour of a small group of protesters who recently surrounded NDP leader Jagmeet Singh at a Peterborough, Ontario, provincial election campaign event. The protesters were intimidating and pressing as they shouted a string of obscenities at Singh and followed him to a waiting van. Few rational people condone that kind of behaviour, and it was roundly condemned by people on all sides of the political spectrum.