Conservative MP Candice Bergen and Liberal MP Marco Mendocino exchanged words during the first Question Period since the Holiday break.
Tempers flared during the bout of words, after Mendocino said that there was a difference in free speech and hate speech, and Bergen's response which listed multiple incidents where hateful acts should be condemned. The context was about the trucker freedom convoy, with Mendocino accusing the truckers of "desecrating war memorials."
"I think we all support free speech in this house, but there's a big difference between free speech and inciting violence... I'd hope my honorable colleague would denounce that in the clearest terms," said Mendocino.
"Of course we all condemn hateful and destructive acts by a few at any protests. Whether it's beheading the head of Queen Victoria in Manitoba, tearing down the statue of sir John A. in Montreal, or putting flags on Terry Fox. Whether it's burning churches, whether it's wearing blackface. Whether it's Hezbollah flags or Nazi flags, we all condemn it," said Bergen, to applause.
My statement supporting Canadian truckers. pic.twitter.com/GM2b80cEUy
— Candice Bergen (@CandiceBergenMP) January 25, 2022
Bergen would go on to suggest that Mendocino was not telling the truth in his response, something that goes against the rules of Parliament.
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