A Toronto man has been charged with threatening Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland in connection to a TikTok video that was published earlier this week.
Andrew Marshall is facing two counts of uttering threats. He was granted bail with a surety and conditions on Friday afternoon.
CBC Toronto has independently reviewed the video, which was posted on TikTok on Monday. In it, Marshall rails against what he considers limits on freedom of speech in Canada, because some of his social media videos had been taken down, before detailing how he would violently kill Trudeau and Freeland “if it was up to him.”
Marshall then goes on to disparage the media, migrants, Muslims, police who protect the government, and LGBTQ+ people, over the course of the nearly 11-minute TikTok.
The conditions on Marshall’s bail include having no contact with Trudeau and Freeland, that he not use the internet to post or comment on social media, and that he refrain from applying for a firearms licence.
All of the evidence in the case presented during the bail hearing is covered by a routine publication ban.
CBC Toronto has contacted police and Marshall’s lawyer for comment, but have yet to receive a response.