Some MPs are calling for answers after a video circulating on social media appears to show a Parliamentary Protective Services (PPS) officer barring Parliament Hill access to a protest attendee who refuses to acknowledge Palestinian statehood.
The social media video posted on Oct. 5, shows the PPS officer stopping an individual from entering the area. In the video, the PPS officer says he will not let the man into that area because the man indicated earlier that he did not recognize Palestine as a state.
The officer told the man that he needed to go to the other side of Parliament Hill, as the area he was trying to enter was for Palestinian supporters only….