NEW: Ottawa police have issued an arrest warrant for a Windsor, Ont. man after anti-Semitic threats were made against a local family doctor. ottnews
— Nili Kaplan-Myrth MD PhD “The Ottawa police suggested I change my office phone number. Yeah, no,” she said, indicating she reported the call under Bill C-3, which makes it a criminal offence to harass physicians.
In a news release, Ottawa police say a warrant has been issued for Louis Mertzelos, 58, of Windsor, on charges of hate-motivated harassing communications, harassment by repeated communication, mischief, and intimidation of the health service in connection with multiple threats made by phone. Anyone who knows where he is has been asked to call Ottawa police at 613-236-1222.
Kaplan-Myrth said on Twitter Thursday that this is the first time a Canadian is facing a charge under Bill C-3. “I wasn’t kidding when I said there’s no tolerance for harassment of a physician or anti-Semitic hate . This is about holding hateful, threatening people accountable,” she said. BREAKING: Court approved an arrest warrant . For the first time, a Canadian is charged under our new law against intimidation of HCWS, and as a hate crime. With this, we set a precedent.
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