Liberals add far-right extremist groups to list of outlawed terror networks
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The Liberal government has added two international neo-Nazi groups to
Canada's list of outlawed terrorist organizations — part of a series of
new measures to combat online hate.
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale has announced new measures to tackle online hate. (The Canadian Press) The
Liberal government has added two international neo-Nazi groups to
Canada's list of outlawed terrorist organizations — part of a series of
new measures to combat online hate. Public Safety Minister Ralph
Goodale announced today that Blood & Honour and its "armed branch,"
Combat 18 — which have a presence in Canada and have carried out murders
and bombings outside the country — are the first far-right extremism
groups to be included on Canada's terror list. "Small toxic segments of society continue to peddle vile, hateful intolerance," he said at a news conference in Regina. "We
need to be alert to it in all its forms, and work relentlessly to
confront it and stop it and prevent it from extracting the horrific toll
that we've witnessed recently." Three other groups linked to the
Iranian regime — Al-Ashtar Brigades (AAB), Fatemiyoun Division (FD)
and Harakat al-Sabireen (HaS) — also have been added to the list. Goodale
also announced $1 million in funding for a United Nations initiative
called Tech Against Terrorism, which helps the global information
technology industry tackle terrorist exploitation of its tech and
supports smaller companies in protecting their users and reputations. Canada also will host a youth summit this summer to discuss countering online hate, Goodale said.
Violent attacks
According
to the government's website, Blood & Honour is an international
neo-Nazi network whose ideology is derived from the National Socialist
doctrine of Nazi Germany; it was founded in the U.K. in 1987. The
organization and its armed wing, Combat 18, have spread across Europe
and North America. In January 2012, four Blood & Honour
members in Tampa, Florida, were convicted of the 1998 murder of two
homeless men — killed because the group considered them "inferior." In
February 2012, members of the group firebombed a building in the Czech
Republic occupied mostly by Romani families, including children. Asked
why it took so long for the groups to be added to the list, Goodale
said it's not a decision the government makes lightly because there are
significant financial and criminal implications. Groups on the list
could have their assets frozen and could be subjected to Criminal Code
sanctions. "It will help to facilitate the laying of terrorism
charges against perpetrators and supporters of terrorism. It will also
help block the financial resources to terrorist groups when such groups
use Canada's financial system," Goodale said. Other groups on the list include al Qaida, ISIS and Boko Haram.
White supremacism on the rise
Earlier this year, the head of Canada's spy agency said the service is "more and more preoccupied" with the threat of violent right-wing extremism and white supremacists. Canadian
Security Intelligence Service Director David Vigneault told a Senate
committee in April that his agency is troubled by the number of ultra
right-wing extremists active in Canada, citing the 2017 firearm attack
on a Quebec City mosque and a 2018 vehicle-ramming attack in Toronto. Jessica
Davis, a former CSIS analyst who is now president of Insight Threat
Intelligence, said adding the groups to the terror list will make it
easier for Canadian authorities to prosecute and seize financial
resources — but the overall impact might not be that significant. "It is quite a bit more symbolic than it is practical in terms of a counter-terrorism measure," she said. "At
the same time, it sends a very important message to anyone in Canada,
particularly on the far-right extremism side of things, that this form
of violence and extremism is not acceptable in Canada and will be
treated like terrorism, which means more resources, more
counter-terrorism assets can be applied to it than the more traditional
criminal space." Public Safety
Minister Ralph Goodale says that five new groups have been added to
Canada's criminal code list of terrorist entities. Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/goodale-terrorism-right-wing-extremism-1.5190685
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