OTTAWA — An Ottawa man is pleading not responsible to charges of terrorism and hate-speech associated to the promotion of a far-right group.
OTTAWA — An Ottawa man is pleading not responsible to charges of terrorism and hate-speech associated to the promotion of a far-right group.
RCMP charged Patrick Gordon Macdonald in July 2023, alleging he took half in actions of a listed terrorist group.
It’s the primary case in Canada the place the federal government laid charges for each terrorism and hate propaganda in opposition to somebody for selling a violent, far-right ideology.
Because the trial opened Monday in Ontario’s Superior Court docket of Justice, Crown prosecutors alleged Macdonald helped produce propaganda for the Atomwaffen Division, a global neo-Nazi group Canada listed as a terror group in 2021.
Prosecutors alleged he aided within the manufacturing of three propaganda movies designed to recruit new members and incite hatred in opposition to Jews.
The allegations haven’t but been confirmed in court docket.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Nov. 18, 2024.
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press
