Canada’s right-wing extremism problem
Trump s malignant populism has turned far-right violence into a domestic terrorism threat By Enzo DiMatteo
Jan 27, 2021
For Canadians, there has been much to unpack after four years of Donald Trump. And while we fancy ourselves above the darker forces of racism, nativism, fear and demonization (not to mention misogyny) that have been unleashed under Trump, our proximity to our neighbour to the south – and a porous social media – has made us particularly vulnerable to the spread of right-wing extremism of the kind witnessed during the attack on the Capitol on January 6.
While conservative columnists dismiss the idea it could ever get to the same point here, the anti-state and anti-government sentiments expressed by those who took part have already infected the mainstream in Canada. On the same day as armed protestors attacked the Capitol, in Toronto a motorcade of supporters waving Trump 2020 and Stop The Steal flags drove from
Canadaâs Parliament Naming Proud Boys A Terror Group Has Extremism Experts Worried
A political push to formally designate even that violent far-right group as terrorists could set a dangerous precedent.
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Members of the far-right group Proud Boys clash with counterprotesters in downtown Washington, D.C., on Dec. 12, 2020.
Canadaâs Parliament passed a motion this week unanimously declaring that the far-right extremist Proud Boys should be designated a terrorist group, in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. It has become increasingly clear that the Proud Boys played a central role in that violence. At least six members of the group, including one of its most prominent, have been arrested in the U.S. in connection with the riot.
Last week, federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh called for the federal government to ban the group in Canada and label it a terrorist organization.
That call followed media reports that members of the hate group were among rioters who stormed Capitol Hill in Washington after a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump last week.
Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump clash with police and security forces as they push barricades to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.(Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images)
Kinnarath said his group s efforts to publicly call out Manitoba members of the Proud Boys put pressure on the individuals to renounce the group.
ST. JOHN S, N.L. — Researchers at the University of New Brunswick found an alarming recent spike in right-wing extremism in Atlantic Canada, and the data indicates the activity is . . .