"It will not change the rest of my campaign," Justin Trudeau said on a sidelines of a campaign event in Toronto, Ont., A week away from the Canadian Legislature. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continued Sunday his election campaign on October 21, after wearing a bulletproof vest the day before because of "threats" to his security, according to the CBC.
Unlike the day before he wore a bulletproof vest whose lines were outlined under his clothes, Mr. Trudeau appeared dressed in a simple shirt. Asked to answer journalists' questions about his threats, the Liberal leader explained that his "first concern was with my family and all Canadians in the room," adding "no further comment on this."
"More important safety device than usual"
On Sunday, Mr. Trudeau's campaign team did not want to comment on the reasons behind the increased security around his leader. He appeared more than an hour and a half late on Saturday at a rally in Mississauga, a suburb of Toronto, Ontario, where nearly 2,000 fans were waiting for him.
"More security than usual" and "high-ranking police officers" were present following a "threat to security," said the English channel CBC, citing liberal sources. Justin Trudeau delivered his speech without incident, supervised by several police officers, and then took a walkabout, before leaving the room.
"Threats of violence against political leaders have no place in our democracy"
His wife, Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau, who was to precede Justin Trudeau on stage, did not make a speech, according to several media. "Threats of violence against political leaders have no place in our democracy," his main rival, conservative Andrew Scheer, said on Twitter on Saturday.
New Democratic Party leader (NDP, left) Jagmeet Singh described the situation as "worrying" in a tweet. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP, Federal Police) daily monitors hate messages against party leaders in the field, fearing that the perpetrators will act, according to sources cited by CBC.