Calgary MPs weigh in on Ottawa trucker protest as hope for resolution grows
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The protest, which has entered its second week in Ottawa, has prompted an emergency debate in the House of Commons on Monday night.
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The protest, which has entered its second week, has prompted an emergency debate in the House of Commons on Monday night.
Several Calgary MPs are also weighing in on the protest.
Over the weekend, Calgary Centre CPC MP Greg McLean posted on social media, describing the protest as similar to a “winter carnival day” and calling “shame” on media reports about racist symbols at the protest, suggesting the symbols were “props, perhaps?”
In a later statement, McLean called for the end of the blockades and said he supports law and order, adding that he “did not intend to minimize the gravity of the situation” in his earlier post.
McLean was unavailable for comment on Monday.
Duane Bratt, a political scientist with Mount Royal University, questioned McLean’s differing comments on the protest.
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