In December of 2020, digital prophet and conspiracy spigot “Q” posted their last official message to an imageboard that would become the mysterious figure’s final home. A year later the mythology continues, self-perpetuating and spawning new figureheads primed to take the place of Q.
William Kay is a constable with the 42 division of Toronto Police. Like over 100 of the city’s officers, he says he has been placed on unpaid leave for not disclosing his vaccine status. The same day his leave began, Kay appeared on a live stream calling the vaccine a “bio-weapon” and told viewers to watch a documentary that overtly endorses the QAnon belief system.
Montreal-based Kathleen Moore Pageot has been translating, annotating, and disseminating the works of notorious Canadian fascist Adrien Arcand. Her translations, some of which are dedicated to Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel, are held by the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.
A total of 85.5% of racialized respondents said they feel the federal government should do more to prevent the spread of hateful and racist content.
Romana Didulo, a QAnon adherent who commands the attention of over 70,000 followers is now calling for armed believers on both sides of the border to cross over and begin “duck hunting season.”
As a civil case continues to take place attempting to hold the organizers of the deadly Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia accountable, we take a closer look at the Canadians who crossed the border to take part and those who cheered them on from home.
En route to an announcement for a child care program with Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, Justin Trudeau’s vehicles were tailed by two individuals - including known white nationalist, Ryan Dean.
Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, has become a target of the province’s conspiracy movement’s ire.
Sporting an “America First” ball cap and dressed all in black, the Canadian streamer appears to have crossed the border to attend a protest against vaccine mandates for New York healthcare workers.
From QAnon to neo-Nazism, the term “Khazar Jews” is one seen often. Despite its ubiquitousness, there is a short supply of accessible information on where the intended pejorative originates from, and how it seeks to delegitimize the identity of the majority of Jewish people across the world.
After Former Newfoundland and British Columbia premiers Brian Peckford and William Vander Zalm contributed speeches at an anti-vaccine rally, we looked at the interviews and articles put out by each pushing conspiracy theories and disinformation.
After an expletive-filled rant -- with children and elderly supporters in attendance -- Saccoccia and an alleged 100 COVID conspiracists descended upon a Nanaimo Canadian Tire.
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.
