"It's a very hostile environment to go into public life and we pay a price for that," former clerk of the Privy Council Michael Wernick told CBC Radio's The House. Wernick said there is a "certain innocence" in Canada when it comes to political violence. The former clerk of the Privy Council talks about the current threat of political violence in Canada. But now, 17 months later, two men have been charged in separate incidents for allegedly threatening the life of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (Blair Gable/Reuters)"We spent a very tense afternoon during that incident and I spent a lot of my time as deputy clerk on issues around the safety of the prime minister," Wernick said.

Source: CBC News July 25, 2020 08:01 UTC