OTTAWA—Canada’s top soldier frankly acknowledges there are members within the Canadian Armed Forces who harbour right-wing extremist and white supremacist beliefs. Over a 40-minute interview at National Defence Headquarters, Vance repeatedly stressed that nobody holding extremist beliefs is welcome in the Canadian Forces. On Canada Day in 2017, five Canadian Forces members — members of the “Proud Boys” movement who proudly proclaim their “Western chauvinism” — disrupted an Indigenous protest in Halifax. In December, a CBC/Radio-Canada investigation counted 70 Forces members in a members-only La Meute Facebook group. Vance is categorical: there is no place for far-right extremism in the Canadian Armed Forces.

Source: thestar October 08, 2018 00:22 UTC