自由党议员萨尔玛·扎希德表示，她对针对议员们的暴力言论日益升级的情况感到担忧——这些言论甚至针对其他政党的领导人。
Liberal MP Salma Zahid says she's concerned about escalating violent rhetoric directed at MPs — including the leader of another party.
“我们必须缓和紧张局势，”扎希德对《加拿大新闻》说，“令人遗憾的是，在线上的暴力言论很容易转化为现实中的暴力行为。”今年8月，有人在多伦多郊区的斯卡伯勒市扎希德住所外纵火烧车；警方认为这是一起纵火案。
"We need to lower the temperature," Zahid told The Canadian Press. "The reality we are living in is [that] sadly, it is not uncommon for online rhetoric to cross over into real-world violence." In August, a man was filmed setting vehicles on fire outside Zahid's home in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough. Police have said they believe it was an arson attack.
扎希德表示，她现在家中配备了24小时安保人员，并怀疑这起事件可能与针对其他议员的暴力言论有关。
Zahid said she now has 24/7 security at her home and she believes the incident could be linked to rising rhetoric against her fellow MPs.
“对我和我的家人来说，这非常令人痛苦，因为我必须查明幕后黑手及其动机，”她说。
August 27 Duration "For me and my family, it has been very traumatic, because I really need to know who is behind this and what is their motive," she said.
多伦多警方已逮捕了一名与此事有关的人员。据扎希德透露，被捕者是一名司机，此人曾在监控录像中被看到向汽车内灌汽油并纵火。警方表示，该司机拒绝透露雇用他的主人的身份，因此真正的罪犯仍然在逃。
Toronto Police have arrested one person in connection with the case. Zahid said the person arrested is a driver hired by the individual spotted in security camera footage pouring gasoline and lighting five cars on fire. She said police told her the driver would not identify the person who hired him and the primary culprit remains at large.
这名涉嫌在多伦多议员住所纵火的男子还面临另一起火灾案件的指控。扎希德认为：“他们的目的可能是吓唬我们。”她说：“这极大地改变了我们的工作方式。”下议院官员已为她安排了全天候安保措施，并对她收到的所有邀请进行了审查；在新的监控设备安装完毕、安全评估完成之前，她的选民办公室只接受预约访问，不接待未经预约的访客。
Man arrested for alleged arson at Toronto MP's home faces charges in another fire "That might have been the purpose, to frighten us," she said. "And it has changed in many ways the way we do the work." House of Commons officials have helped arrange full-time security outside Zahid's house and are vetting all invitations she receives. Her constituency office has shifted to appointments-only, barring walk-in visits until new cameras are installed and a security assessment is complete.
“我一直希望成为一名能够与选民保持密切联系的议员，但现在的处境却完全违背了我的初衷，”自2015年起担任议员的扎希德说道。
"I have always said that I want to be an accessible MP. This is not how I want to function. But this is how I have been put in a situation," said Zahid, an MP since 2015.
她本周公开表达了对于新民主党（NDP）领袖阿维·刘易斯（Avi Lewis）因公开言论而遭受的强烈反对的看法。扎希德（Zahid）表示，她认为刘易斯的批评者所使用的一些言辞可能会让他面临风险。
She spoke out this week about the backlash against NDP Leader Avi Lewis following his public statements on Israel. Zahid said she believes some of the language used by Lewis's critics could put him at risk.
在扎希德发表上述言论后，刘易斯重申自己“绝对不认为所有犹太人都应该为以色列在赎罪日（Yom Kippur）期间的行为负责”。她还表示，当其他党派的议员面临暴力言论时，她会站出来为他们发声；同时，其他人也应该表达自己的支持。
NDP leader says he was 'absolutely not' holding all Jews responsible for Israel's actions in Yom Kippur post Zahid said she can stand up for MPs from other parties when they face violent rhetoric and others should voice their support. Her comments come after three recent arrests for death threats against Prime Minister Mark Carney, incidents Zahid said are symptoms of a broader problem.
她的这些评论是在最近发生三起针对总理马克·卡尼（Mark Carney）的死亡威胁事件之后提出的。扎希德认为，这些事件只是更严重问题的冰山一角。
"I worry that this language, if it is used like that, risks fuelling antisemitism, Islamophobia, and anti-Palestinian racism. I see incidents of all sorts increasing, and I think it is unacceptable," she said.
“我担心，如果这种言论继续被滥用，将会加剧反犹太主义、伊斯兰恐惧症以及反巴勒斯坦的种族主义情绪。各种形式的仇恨言论都在不断增加，这是不可接受的，”她说。
"Incitement and hateful rhetoric is wrong and dangerous."
“煽动性和充满仇恨的言论是错误且危险的，”卡尼在谈到反犹太主义问题时说道。
'Canada's civic compact is failing Jewish Canadians,' Carney says in speech addressing antisemitism Zahid was born in the U.K. into a Pakistani family and wears a hijab.
扎希德出生于英国，来自一个巴基斯坦家庭，她佩戴头巾。她指出，仇恨言论使得少数族裔更难参选；而民主制度所依赖的激烈辩论与包容性氛围也因此受到破坏。
She said hateful rhetoric makes it harder to convince minorities to run for office, and to preserve the vigorous debate democracy requires.
“作为政治家，我们应该努力团结人民，让每个人都成为加拿大这个大家庭的一员，让每个人都能自由地生活，”她说。
"As politicians, I think we need to bring people together, so that everyone is part of the Canadian team here and everyone can live freely," she said.
前自由党议员帕姆·达莫夫（Pam Damoff）去年宣布不会寻求连任，原因是她一直遭受威胁、性别歧视和骚扰。达莫夫当时表示，所有议员都明白自己必须具备较强的心理承受能力；但她担心有人会因此丧命，而且自新冠疫情以来，骚扰行为变得更加严重。
Former Liberal MP Pam Damoff announced she would not seek re-election last year due to constant threats, misogyny and harassment. Damoff said at the time that all MPs know they must have a thick skin but she feared that someone was going to be killed, with harassment intensifying since the COVID-19 pandemic.
2022年6月，为应对针对议员的威胁和骚扰行为，下议院官员开始为议员们配备“紧急报警装置”。这些装置被称为“移动式胁迫警报器”，一旦议员在加拿大境内任何地方遇到威胁，就能立即向议会安保部门或当地警方发出警报。
In June 2022, Commons officials started giving MPs panic buttons in response to threats and harassment of parliamentarians. Known as "mobile duress alarms," the devices are meant to immediately alert Parliamentary Protective Services or local police when MPs face a threat anywhere in Canada.
Commons（英国议会下议院的行政部门）还提出可以在议员的办公室安装警报系统和摄像头，并提供相关培训，以帮助应对可能发生的暴力事件。
Commons security also offered to install alarms and cameras in MPs' offices and to provide training on de-escalating potentially violent situations.