Sorry Canada - looks like the US has passed its disease to you
Canadian politicians have expressed outrage after protesters at a political rally chanted "lock her up" about Alberta Premier Rachel Notley.
Protesters erupted into jeers at a rally against a carbon tax, hosted by the right-wing Rebel media group.
"Lock her up" was frequently chanted by Donald Trump supporters in reference to Hillary Clinton during the US election.
Mrs Clinton was under FBI investigation over her emails but Ms Notley has not faced any criminal probe.
But the New Democratic Party leader has been subject to threats of violence since her election in 2015.
The crowds began shouting the phrase outside the province's legislature on Saturday at a rally over the provincial government's planned carbon tax.
The rally was organised by Rebel Media, an online news and right-wing opinion outlet.
Conservative leadership hopeful Chris Alexander, who was criticising Ms Notley in a speech when the shouting began, said he was "shocked" and mortified" by the chant.
But Mr Alexander has since come under fire for not immediately intervening at the rally.
A video of the incident appeared to show Mr Alexander cracking a smile and gesturing with his finger when the chanting began.
The former immigration minister told a CBC News programme he did not interrupt because he was "trying to find a moment to interject with what I thought was the real conclusion of what this discussion was".
He added he wanted to change the chant to "vote her out".
Interim Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose condemned the incident as "inappropriate and unoriginal".
"We don't lock people up in Canada for bad policy, we vote them out," she said.
"I don't know what to say - it's people acting like idiots."
Conservative Party Leadership Candidate Deepak Obhrai also weighed in on the rise of intolerance trickling into Canadian politics.
"We're witnessing Trump-style politics invading Canada," Mr Obhrai, a Calgary-area MP said.
"It is the responsibility of event organisers that they distance themselves from hate-mongering and insults. Otherwise we all lose."
Protesters invoked a slogan often shouted by supporters of president-elect Trump, who accused Mrs Clinton of criminal wrongdoing in her use of a private email account while at the State Department.
An FBI investigation concluded that while she was "extremely careless", her actions did not warrant criminal prosecution.
Still, the phrase became a rallying cry for many Trump supporters.
Ms Notley's NDP-led government has planned to introduce a broad-based carbon tax on gasoline in a conservative province struggling with a downturn in the oil sector.
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The entire world appears to be rotting to death.
Sounds like they are waking up. Good for them.
They are. Lock her up! Or at least vote her out. A carbon tax in Alberta? Outrageous!
You should go protest by letting your car run all night long while you sleep.
What, Canadians not being polite, I'm shocked.
I'll have to notify Buzz right away.
Agreed Kavika. We could always count on the Canadians to be polite. Just another example of how Donald Trump has impacted the world by sowing the seeds of hate and divisiveness.
Yeah right.
LOL, Dean that was a hockey riot...You don't know Canadians very well. Nothing is more important than hockey in Canada, and I mean nothing.
"Nothing is more important than hockey in Canada, and I mean nothing."
Having spent the first 69 years of my life in Canada, I agree with that statement.
Lol. Trump is all powerful and the font of all evil! The hysterics are still entertaining.
"I'll have to notify Buzz right away."
Notification acknowledged.
"Ms Notley's NDP-led government has planned to introduce a broad-based carbon tax on gasoline in a conservative province struggling with a downturn in the oil sector."
I believe the word "conservative" in that last statement in the article does not mean "right wing" because the NDP (New Democratic Party) is more socialistic than Canada's Liberal and Conservative parties. It is true that the disasterous drop in the price of oil has caused tremendous job loss and had a huge negative affect on the economy of the Province of Alberta and in fact Canada as a whole. The Loonie's (Canadian dollar's) value dropped up to 25%, which had a really detrimental effect on the value of my pension.
As for the "Lock her up" bit, the politicians are right that such a catcall was inappropriate. "Vote her out" was preferable, so perhaps the headline is correct that the American political disease has infected some people in Canada, but that's not a surprise to me.
Isn't the UK parliament even more raucous?
It looks like it is going to be harder for the political class to ignore their constituency.