REGINA A Jewish human rights group says that recent charges against nationalist party leader have highlighted the prevalence of anti-Semitism. We hope that the message is heard loud and clear that if you promote hatred, if you promote ethnic cleansing or violence or genocide against jews, or against any other people in society, you will face justice, Jaime Kirzner-Roberts, director of policy with the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre (FSWC), said. Patron was arrested and charged by RCMP on Monday on a charge of wilfully promoting hatred to an identifiable group. According to RCMP, its Carlyle detachment was notified of a YouTube video posted by Patron called Beware the Parasitic Tribe by the Canadian Anti-Hate Network in June of 2019.
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Mira Sucharov is a professor of political science and University Chair of Teaching Innovation at Carleton University. Bernie Farber is chair of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network and the former CEO of Canadian Jewish Congress.
The freedom of one Canadian citizen is again being threatened, and with it, the integrity of Canadian democracy. With formal charges having been laid against a Canadian citizen by France, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s ability to stand up in the face of injustice – and in the face of a bullying ally – is again being put to the test.
Travis Patron, the leader of the Canadian Nationalist Party, called for the removal of Jews from Canada. Photo: Facebook screenshot.
JNS.org – Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC) applauded the arrest of Canadian Nationalist Party leader Travis Patron, who has been charged with the willful promotion of hate in connection to an antisemitic video he created and circulated on social media.
In the video, which first appeared online in 2019 and was titled “Beware the Parasitic Tribe,” Patron claimed that Jewish people “infiltrate the media, they hijack the central bank, and they infect the body politic like a parasite,” and “what we need to do … is remove these people, once-and-for-all, from our country.”