white supremacists

The Department of National Defence has awarded a grant to a University of Alberta professor to conduct a deep dive into the extent of white supremacy in the Canadian Armed Forces.

The federal NDP's calls for Proud Boys to be labelled terrorists may play well on university and college campuses — even if the demand is ultimately rejected, writes Camilla Bains.

Authorities are collecting information about the right-wing Proud Boys group as part of a possible terrorist designation, the federal Liberal government said on Sunday, January 10, 2021, as it faced calls to ban the organization over its role in last week’s Capitol Hill riot.

A confident and combative Donald Trump wasted little time testing the limits of Joe Biden's patience on Tuesday, September 29, 2020, in a bitter, angry and chaotic war of words and recriminations during the first in-person confrontation of the 2020 presidential election.

The Liberal Party pledged on Saturday, September 21, 2019, to keep private the details of any conversation between NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Justin Trudeau about the blackface scandal that rocked the federal election campaign this past week.

It won't be campaigning as usual for Justin Trudeau today, September 19, 2019, as a third instance of the Liberal leader wearing skin-darkening makeup has emerged.

At least two known hate groups made their way into a gathering of yellow vest protesters in Hamilton, Ont., on Saturday, underscoring what some describe as a disturbing trend that places the industrial city on the "front line" of extremist activity in Canada.

Canada’s foreign affairs minister says attacks by white supremacists and other far-right groups threaten Canada’s stability and should be the primary focus of the international community’s counter-terrorism effort, including by stopping the spread of hate online.

Facebook will ban white nationalism and separatism from its social media platforms starting next week, saying that it recognizes that the beliefs can't meaningfully be separated from white supremacy and organized hate groups, the technology company said on Wednesday.

The federal government is consulting experts and community leaders ahead of a new national anti-racism strategy, but in a series of secretive meetings to avoid them turning into public shouting matches.

The appearance of discriminatory posters at the University of Victoria campus are stark reminders of the need to fight racism in its overt and subtle forms, British Columbia's attorney general told law students on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017.

Evidence indicates that while CSIS and RCMP are focusing on Islamic-inspired threats, the greater danger is from the far-right.

CSIS says it's concerned about groups and individuals who see violence as a legitimate form of political expression, including those who support right-wing extremism.

The foreign ministers of Canada and the United States have jointly condemned the racist-fuelled violence in Charlottesville, Va.

A pledge by Andrew Scheer to yank federal funding from universities that fail to uphold free speech wouldn't apply to a decision by the University of Toronto to ban a nationalist rally from campus.