St. Albert Gazette
January 28, 2025
According to at least one member of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, this isn't an isolated incident and demonstrations like this have been popping up in Canada more recently.
"These protests calling for mass deportations have been going on, using that type of language in Canada, for probably the last year," said Peter Smith, a researcher and reporter with the Canadian Anti-Hate Network."
"In one sense, they're using language that is really common among a few kind of global far-right protest movements that are going on right now. Specifically, there's an Australian group called the National Socialist Network, which also held protests this weekend," Smith said, noting that they used similar language in their protest in Southern Australia.
He also said there was a protest with similar "mass deportations now" signs held in Kitchener, Ont. He can't be certain, but guesses "there would have been some type of coordination" between the group in Kitchener and the group in St. Albert.
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