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The federal government added 13 groups to its list of terrorist entities on Feb. 3, with four of them being white supremacists groups: Atomwaffen Division, The Base, The Proud Boys, and the Russian Imperial Movement. This brings the total number of entities on the list to 73.
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said the new addition of the groups is an important step to prevent ideology-based violence.
“These groups are unfortunately active in Canada and around the world […] fueled by white supremacy, antisemitism, racism, homophobia, Islamophobia and misogyny,” said Blair in a public announcement.
Using terrorist list to label white supremacists risks repeating errors of 9/11 era, civil rights groups say
Civil liberties advocates are urging the Canadian government to find a more transparent way of tackling white supremacy and neo-fascism after 13 groups including the Proud Boys were designated as terrorist entities last week.
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The federal government announced on Feb. 3 that it was adding 13 groups to its list of terrorist entities, including the neo-fascist Proud Boys. A majority of the groups on the list are Islamist extremists such as al-Qaeda.(Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)
Anti-hate and civil rights groups are cautiously relieved after the terrorist designation wasn’t expanded for the Proud Boys, which could’ve snarled Black Lives Matter, Indigenous land defenders or others.