Tories Call for House Committee Meeting on ‘Assault’ of Rebel News Reporter

Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu says the incident deserves ‘greater scrutiny.’

Marilyn Gladu addresses the crowd at a federal Conservative leadership forum during the annual general meeting of the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative party in Halifax on Feb. 8, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

The federal Conservatives are calling for a probe into the “assault” of Rebel News reporter David Menzies after he was arrested by RCMP while attempting to question Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland as she was walking to an event.

MP Marilyn Gladu, the Conservative critic for civil liberties, is asking the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage to look into the Jan. 8 arrest of Mr. Menzies, calling the occurrence an “attack on press freedom and freedom of expression.”