While Canada has clear legal definitions of what does and does not constitute hate speech, enforcement is lacking. In the cases when known peddlers are actually brought before a judge, the trials are delayed, extended, and lack consequences. It’s time to bring back section 13.
Jews have long been the centre of a variety of antisemitic conspiracy theories, and now is no different. Both online and on the streets, "George Soros" has joined the ranks of a variety of antisemitic tropes used to conjure images of globalist plots and justify dark beliefs.
Tis’ the season for giving, and with that comes countless hours from dedicated volunteers across the world. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, anti-fascist and anti-racist groups have been out in the community and helping those hardest hit.
By Rayne
On voudrait tous pouvoir se réunir avec nos familles pour le temps des fêtes. Mais alors que les hôpitaux se remplissent, les complotistes d’un océan à l’autre choisissent d’ignorer les mesures sanitaires pour organiser de grands rassemblements.
We all wish we could gather with our families for the holidays. But as hospitals are filling up, conspiracy theorists from coast to coast are choosing to ignore public health guidelines to organize large rallies.
ID Canada has been a fixture in the country’s alt-right movement since its founding. Its mass postering and propaganda campaigns have made them seem omnipresent in Canadian cities and led to our 18-month long undercover investigation. Mired by infighting and paranoia, the group has been unable to obtain the relevance it desperately seeks.
Même sans représentation à l’Assemblée Nationale, un petit parti obscur nommé Citoyens au Pouvoir a réussi à se hisser à la tête du mouvement anti-masque québécois, en ralliant à la fois les complotistes et les groupes haineux.
Like much of the rest of Canada, hate groups and hate spreaders are attaching themselves to Quebec's anti-mask/lockdown protests. Peddling a variety of conspiracy theories, one set of pandemic pundits with close ties to a fringe political party is using the crisis to gain attention.
In Canada, protests by Sikhs have occurred peacefully in Halifax, Toronto, and Vancouver, while the Indian government is attempting to shift the narrative to Sikh extremism, rather than the striking farmers. Voices within the government have claimed that members of the Sikh diaspora are pushing the protest narrative.
A licenced Toronto paralegal who was once active in Conservative politics has been identified as a neo-Nazi known as "Red Serge," a member of some of the country's most prolific groups of hate mongers.
Our work is made possible in part thanks to a grant from the Anti-Racism Action Program.
Notre travail est rendu possible grâce à une subvention du Programme d’action et de lutte contre le racisme.
