Experts say this is the first time Canadian authorities have used terrorism act to charge an individual with being part of a neo-Nazi group
The RCMP has charged a 19-year-old with terrorism on allegations he was participating in the activities of a neo-Nazi terrorist group – the first time, experts say, that Canada’s criminal anti-terrorism laws passed in the wake of the Sept. 11 2001 attacks have been directly applied to such an organization.
The charge laid against Mr. Betrand is the participation in a terrorist group. It carries a possible jail sentence of up to 10 years. Such threats are “constantly evolving, fuelled by extreme views around race, gender, power and authority,” said David Vigneault, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.at the University of British Columbia, he said marginalized and minority communities are at risk. “Fear is particularly acute for Indigenous peoples, people of colour, religious minorities, members of the LGBTQ2+ communities.
That was the year Alexandre Bissonnette shot and killed six people in a Quebec City mosque. He is now serving a life sentence.Canada’s Parliament passed the Anti-Terrorism Act into law in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.
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