Liberal MNA Marwah Rizqy says she fears for her family’s safety [Video]

Marwah Rizqy, the Liberal MNA for Saint-Laurent, called for police protection on Tuesday, saying she feared for her and her family’s safety.

“Right now, at home … my husband, my two children, but my mother too … I won’t hide that we’re hypervigilant,” she told journalists.

Rizqy was recently the target of insults after vigorously denouncing the toxic climate imposed by 11 teachers at Bedford School in Montreal. The teachers’ licences were suspended.

On Monday, Quebecor media broadcast a speech by Muslim preacher Adil Charkaoui, who suggested that Rizqy was exaggerating the situation at the school and called her a “token Moroccan.”

Rizqy swore before journalists at the National Assembly Tuesday that she would keep doing her job and speak out, regardless of degrading and threatening comments targeting her.

“Freedom of expression, freedom as a legislator, is guaranteed to me and all my parliamentary colleagues. No, I’m not discouraged. I’m …