Video shows confrontation with Melanie Joly over Palestinian refugees
CTV
A video circulating on social media this weekend showed Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly in a tense confrontation about the Israel-Hamas war with a man on the street in Montreal.
A video circulating on social media platforms this weekend showed Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly in a tense confrontation with a man on the street in Montreal over the Israel-Hamas war.
The man who filmed the video implored Joly to "lift the cap on the number of Palestinian refugees" that Canada should welcome while she was walking on Laurier Street in the Plateau neighbourhood on Friday.
A few seconds into the interaction, the minister appears to grab the man's phone. "You can't take my phone like that," the man says to her, later saying, "let go of my coat."
She then appears to try to calm things down and say that she is "taking care of the issue" but that she was trying to enjoy a relaxing walk before he confronted her.
"I agree with you," she says when pressed on the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
"You don't have the right to have a relaxing walk in the city while allowing the deaths of Palestinians," the man says, to which she replies, "Yes, I have the right."
The video ends with Joly continuing to walk on the street.
