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The appearance of an officially registered anti-Semitic political party in Canada is the type of nostalgia we can do without.
Travis Patron, the leader of the Canadian Nationalist Party (CNP) has recently been charged with one count of wilful promotion of hate against Jews. He already faces two serious charges of aggravated assault, assault causing bodily harm and a breach of probation. While these charges have not yet been proven in court, there can be little question that the CNP’s status as a registered political party is alarming.
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Travis Patron, the leader of the Canadian Nationalist Party, called for the removal of Jews from Canada. (Facebook screenshot via JTA)
The leader of a far-right political party in Canada has been arrested and charged with willfully promoting hatred against Jews – reportedly a first for a Canadian political party.
Travis Patron, the founder and head of the Canadian Nationalist Party, or CNP, was taken into custody in the Saskatchewan town of Carlyle.
Wednesday’s arrest of Patron, 29-year-old native of that province, stemmed from a 2019 social network video called “Beware the Parasitic Tribe” that news reports said cast Jews as “swindlers” and “snakes.”
Criminal Code of Canada to be laid. From April 2020 to July 2020, Carlyle RCMP received four additional reports of new alleged anti-Semitic videos and hate speech by Patron. Police are still investigating each of these reports. On Feb. 15, Carlyle RCMP were given direction from the Attorney General of Saskatchewan to arrest and charge Patron under Sec. 319(2) of the
Criminal Code of Canada for Willfully Promoting Hatred to an Identifiable Group. Patron was arrested by Carlyle RCMP that day. Travis Patron made his first court appearance on Feb 16 in Weyburn Provincial Court via telephone, and made another court appearance by phone on Feb. 17 in Regina. His next appearance will be April 14 in Carlyle Provincial Court.
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