Advocacy organizations say the distribution of antisemitic flyers in Peterborough, Ont., and elsewhere is linked to an American hate group, as police continue to investigate the latest incident.
Over the Canada Day long weekend, 19 Peterborough residents reported receiving flyers promoting anti-Jewish conspiracy theories and white supremacist propaganda, marking the third time in three months that such flyers were distributed to various neighbourhoods in the city.
Peterborough police have not specifically named any individuals or groups responsible for the flyers. No arrests have been made. “But the Jewish community itself has not been specifically targeted, just tarred with the same brush, or by inference, a slightly larger brush.” There were 2,769 antisemitic incidents recorded in Canada in 2022 with 74 per cent of them occurring online, including social media posts and comments, according to an audit by B'nai Brith Canada.
“What this does is attract attention and it builds the perception that there is a significant Nazi presence in the area,” Panneton said. “It's definitely an expanding network. It started its expansion probably in 2020 when it was quite small, and it's grown to what it is today. And that, unfortunately, includes Canadians.”
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