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The Vancouver Island, especially the Victoria area, is not regarded as a conservative area at all. The MPs are either NDP, Liberal, or Green. So I didn't expect many people coming to this rally, which is in a community centre of a small town, Sidney, about 30 minutes away from downtown Victoria.

To my surprise, the parking lots are totally full! Not only the parking lots of the community centre, but also of the nearby plazas. It took me quite a while to find a spot a few hundred meters away.

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There is no security check at the entrance. Just a guy standing there, holding a stack of placards. He politely and cautiously asks me, do you want one?

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There is a gymnasium in the community centre, totally packed! I'm not good at doing estimation, but I think there are more than 1000 people. I'm really surprised. Never thought there are so many Conservative Party members in the area!

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Pierr Poilievre is very down-to-earth. He's not physically tall. But he's very sincere. His speech is not long, just less than 30 minutes, but he does a great job! No teleprompter, no scripts, he just talks.

His speech is also entertaining. He uses lots of examples to explain his points, the reasoning is simple, making sense, and powerful. There is no empty slogans. Basically what he says to me are just about common sense. The sad fact is that common sense nowadays is rare among politicians.

His speech is interrupted by applauses, over and over.

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After the speech, he stays and talks with the patrons. He promises to stay till the last patron leaves, as he did in previous rallies. This one is actually the last rally of his campaign!

People line up to talk to him. The line is long!

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最近，在加拿大针对政客、活动人士和记者的公开威胁和恐吓事件是愈演愈烈，尤其是女性。就连副总理方慧兰（Chrystia Freeland）也当众遭人辱骂了。

数周以来，加拿大有一群记者，尤其是有色人种记者，公开分享了他们收到的一系列私人匿名电子邮件。这些电子邮件包含具体的、有针对性的和令人不安的暴力和性侵犯威胁，以及种族主义和厌女言语攻击。

The Hill Times的专栏作家和播客主持人Erica Ifill说：“这是非常阴险的，那些语言是更加过分的歪曲，简直就是在虐待和折磨我们。”

在刚刚过去的周五（8月26日），网络骚扰升级成了当面辱骂。当时，加拿大副总理在阿尔伯塔省的Grande Prairie市遭到了连续不断的辱骂。

在社交媒体上广泛流传的一段视频中，方慧兰和其他几个人在穿过Grande Prairie市的市政厅，走向电梯时，有几个人接近了她，其中一人在录像。

在短暂的相遇上，一名男子对方慧兰大喊大叫，骂她是“叛徒”、“f***ing b***h”，并叫她滚出该省。

出生在距离Grande Prairie市大约200公里的Peace River市的方慧兰，最近在萨省和阿省有多日的活动，与官员、商人和工人会面。

方慧兰在周六的一条推文中证实了这一事件。她在推文中写道：“昨天发生的事情是错误的。任何人，任何地方，都不应该忍受威胁和恐吓。”

“我认识的阿省充满了善良和热情的人，我很感激过去几天在埃德蒙顿、Grande Prairie和Peace River受到这么多人的热情欢迎。昨天发生的这件不愉快的事情，不会改变什么。”

视频中的行为受到了全国政界人士的广泛谴责。

8月28日，总理杜鲁多称这一事件“非常令人不安”，并接着说，对妇女、有色人种和其他少数群体的骚扰和威胁的频率似乎正在增加，尤其是那些从事政客和记者等高调职业的人。

杜鲁多在加拿大首个联邦2SLGBTQI+行动计划的启动仪式上说：“任何形式的威胁、暴力、恐吓都是不可接受的，这种懦弱的行为，威胁和破坏了我们的民主，以及我们开放和尊重的价值观。”

“作为领导人，我们需要大声呼，并采取同意的立场，来反对这些行为。”

阿省省长Jason Kenney称这一事件应该受到谴责。全国各个保守党多名议员都为此发声。

安省省长福特也发推特声援方慧兰：“我的朋友，副总理兼财长方慧兰，不应该受到这样的对待。在公共办公室的任何人，也都不应该被这样对待。这样的事情需要被阻止。加拿大不应该是这样的。”