Increase in the number of threats made against the PM and cabinet ministers: RCMP

The RCMP says there has been an increase in the number of threats made against the prime minister and cabinet ministers.

From January to July 2019, protective policing opened 100 investigations into threats, while from January to last month it launched about 130 investigations.

That doesn't include the investigation police launched this week into an incident where a man yelled obscenities at a staff member at Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna's Ottawa office.

Ottawa MPP Lisa MacLeod was reportedly put under police protection this week when she was threatened after speaking out against the abuse faced by female politicians.

Last week, Ottawa city councillor Laura Dudas had a rock hurled through a window of her home while her family was asleep.

Federal Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna is calling for measures to be taken to protect politicians from hate.