Rare when all the members of Canada’s Parliament are unanimous in a decision, but not when it came to The Proud Boys.
Every member in the Lower House, from liberal to conservative, has seen and heard enough and made their feelings known.
That the Proud Boys were and are a danger to society, hence, a terrorist organization.
They were formed by a Canadian, Gavin McInnes....may he always be held accountable.
The motion was put forward by the New Democrats stating that the government should "use all of available tools to address the proliferation of white supremacists and hate groups, starting with the immediate designating Proud Boys as a terrorist entity."
It’s not an official designation….yet.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has called on Justin Trudeau to make the designation official.
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair will compile evidence to bring before Trudeau.
His spokeswoman, Mary-Liz Powers announced in a statement , “As Minister Blair has said, we strongly denounce ‘ideologically motivated extremists including groups like the Proud Boys, white supremacists, anti-Semitics, Islamophobic and misogynist groups.’
Intolerance and hate have no place in our society.
We’re very actively engaged in monitoring the activities of these groups, and gathering the evidence required to support a determination of listing as a Terrorist Organization.”
If he indeed agrees, and it is expected that he will, then these thugs will join 59 others designated as such, which includes such luminaries as Boko Haram, ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, and the Taliban.
Apt and appropriate company.
As it should be.
We can only hope that they will be, officially, designated the same here.
Don’t yet rule out that possibility.
(Warning… mean and ugly mug alert.)