While a step forward, the law is probably still two years away, and will be hotly contested.
Meet The Islamophobic PPC Candidate Peddling Online Conspiracy Theories In Shady Facebook Groups
Jimmy Voyer has praised hateful far-right figures, attacked Muslim federal politicians – calling them “radical Islamists” – and shared content associated with Qanon in a conspiracist Facebook group.
Anti-Masker Claims To Have Stolen Multiple COVID-19 Vaccines For “Testing”
Kelly Anne Farkas says they’re going to have scientists “examine” the vaccines for “everyone to see,” on livestream. To politicians: “we’re coming to get ya.”
Hate Crimes Reach "Largest Number" Ever According To New Police-Reported Stats
Only a small percentage of hate incidents are reported to law enforcement. It’s incomplete data, but it helps us spot trends. We’ll have better data when the General Social Survey is released.
Opinion: Graphic Anti-Abortion Material Is Hate Speech
Graphic and gory images sent to mailboxes and waved in public have long been a tool of anti-abortion campaigns. Does it count as hate propaganda against people who need abortions? Let’s test it against the Supreme Court-endorsed “Hallmarks of Hate.”
Old Stock Canadian: Longstanding Far-Right Facebook Page Removed After Years Of Hosting Racist Conspiratorial Content
The 32,000 follower page flew under the radar on Facebook for years among an ocean of hateful content. It was a home and a launch pad for easily shareable and obviously racist material.
Canadian Haters Increase Social Media Activity For Second Year In A Row: Report
Canada’s hate groups and far-right are “drivers of disinformation” according to a new study analyzing a year of social media content posted across some of the country’s most popular platforms.
Canada First on Campus: Friendly Ties Between Conservative Student Group And White Supremacists
A Ryerson campus group previously accredited by the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party has been entertaining ties with Canada First, a white supremacist group attempting to “infiltrate” Canadian politics and create a white ethnostate.
Calgary Hate Preacher American Tour Organized By US Religious Group With Its Own Militia
Touting his struggles with Alberta Health Services, Artur Pawlowski has been interviewed and shared the stage with the founder of a militia, white nationalists, homophobes, QAnon conspiracy theorists, and supporters of Donald Trump’s “Big Lie.”
Plan to “Interview” Racist Anti-Lockdown Influencer Ends in Violence
Outspoken Toronto lawyer Caryma Sa’d invited Chris “Sky” Saccoccia, a racist, holocaust denier, and influential figure in Canada’s anti-lockdown movement, to headline an event outside her storefront in Chinatown. Anti-racists and anti-fascists asked Sa’d to reconsider. When she didn’t, they organized a silent blockade. Saccoccia’s fans attacked them.
India-Canadian Free Trade Org Executive Says Muslims Need to Follow “Hindu-Way-Of-Islam”
The Vice President of Communications for a group meant to foster a better relationship between India and Canada is a regular poster of Anti-Muslim and Islamophobic rants. For him, Indian Muslims have to choose to either join a Hindu majority state or languish in “barbaric/radical Islam.”
Viking Private Military Contractors (In Space): Anti-Woman Mercenary Fighting Force Or One Man’s Paper Tiger?
Railing against women, immigration, and Christians, one man in BC has woven a complicated international web of companies, identities, and titles.
