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Is Canada Finally Taking Far-Right Extremism Seriously? (thetyee.ca)

submitted 5 months ago by TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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In late summer 2023, the RCMP made headlines with the arrests of two men in Ottawa and Kingsey Falls, Quebec, on terrorism and hate propaganda charges. The arrests marked a significant victory in a three-year investigation by the Integrated National Security Enforcement Team targeting the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division.

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One of the men arrested was Patrick Gordon Macdonald, 26, on charges of participating in and facilitating terrorist activities and the wilful promotion of hatred tied to his alleged involvement with the Atomwaffen Division. His apprehension followed the previous year’s arrest of a teenager in Windsor, Ontario, similarly charged with terrorism for his involvement with the same extremist group.

Macdonald is out on bail after his parents posted $40,000 in sureties and must stay at their home under strict conditions.

The case against Macdonald is unprecedented in Canada, marking the first time an alleged far-right extremist was prosecuted for both terrorism and hate propaganda.

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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 37 points 5 months ago (9 children)

It looks like Poilievre's Conservatives will win the next election, and he has shown repeatedly that he's willing to court the far right whenever it serves him. Having a PM who associates with fascists will certainly send the message that Canada is dealing with the far right, but not in the sense we hoped for.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Is Trudeau really unpopular or is it just on the internet?

[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 26 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

One of the issues is that we have an actual leftist party that has legitimate chances, so the vote gets split. The liberals' position as the defacto ABC (anything but conservative) party is failing due to a series of blunders and scandals.

The liberals could have fixed this by properly following through with their electoral reform promise instead of harpooning their own initiative, but because of their bad faith attempt to keep power, we might now get Polievre.

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

we have an actual leftist party that has legitimate chances

We do not. The NDP may have actual leftists among its membership, but it hasn't been a leftist party in 2 decades now. It's a neo-liberal party focused on courting an urban professional class and denying any and all claims that they are "socialist".

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