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Candidate in federal Alberta byelection stops door-knocking due to death threats
BATTLE RIVER-CROWFOOT, ALBERTA, CANADA, JUL 17 – Sarah Spanier ceased door-to-door campaigning after receiving death threats linked to her transgender advocacy, while RCMP advise blocking online harassers and note no charges filed yet.
- Independent candidate Sarah Spanier from Castor, Alta., stopped door-knocking in the Battle River-Crowfoot byelection due to death threats this week.
- Spanier entered the race in early May and shifted to exclusive online and public event campaigning after threats included a social media comment threatening shotgun violence.
- Spanier attributes the threats to her advocacy for transgender rights and reports supporters fear for their safety and business, making some reluctant to show support openly.
- RCMP advised Spanier to block hateful online commentators and noted threats are unlikely to be acted on, while no charges have been laid in the investigations so far.
- The escalating political threats in Canada reflect a wider rise in hostility toward politicians, with experts calling for a dedicated protective agency amid increasing violence risks.
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Threats of political violence rose rapidly through the Trudeau years, new data shows
Catherine McKenna noticed the first serious wave of threats aimed at her in 2018, on the same day the Trudeau government’s carbon-tax-and-rebate policy went into effect. She was then the environment minister in former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet and became the lightning rod for opponents of the policy. “Pretty quickly, things got really weird,” McKenna, who left politics after the 2019 election, said in a recent interview. The abuse…
EDMONTON — An independent candidate running for a rural by-election in Alberta claims to have stopped doing door-to-door business because of death threats. Sarah Spanier, 33, of Castor, Alberta, claims to have informed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) of online threats, including a comment on social media indicating that she would be greeted with a shotgun if she ran at someone's door. She attributes the threats and other derogatory mess…
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