Jesse Winter / Toronto Star ) Order this photoA memorial for a lawyer who counted accused neo-Nazis and white nationalists among her clients went ahead at a Toronto Public Library branch Wednesday evening, despite calls from local politicians and human rights advocates for the library to cancel the event. She represented Marc Lemire, who used to be part of the Canadian neo-Nazi group Heritage Front. But the library couldn’t deny the booking because it didn’t contravene any laws, said Ana-Maria Critchley, the Toronto Public Library’s manager of stakeholder relations. No one in the room had ties to neo-Nazi groups, French added. “My entire family was murdered by Nazi regime and I was outraged when I learned that a number of white nationalist leaders, including Paul Fromm and Marc Lemire, have rented space at a Toronto Public Library in Etobicoke .

Source: thestar July 13, 2017 01:30 UTC