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inanna

(3,547 posts) Sat Jun 8, 2019, 02:39 PM Jun 2019

Royal Canadian Legion bans branches from affiliating with hate groups

Jun 07, 2019 9:55 PM MT

The Royal Canadian Legion has released a new policy barring any of its chapters from affiliating with hate groups.

The policy comes a month after CBC News revealed a chapter in northwestern Alberta counted members of the far-right group Soldiers of Odin among its ranks.

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About a half-dozen members of the group signed up with the Legion in Grande Prairie, Alta. The Legion also rented its hall to the group for its community Easter dinner, CBC News found.

Founded by a Finnish white supremacist and neo-Nazi in 2015, the group is known globally as anti-Islam and anti-migrant.

In response, the national Legion said it launched an investigation and would update its policy on hate groups.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/royal-canadian-legion-releases-hate-group-policy-1.5167794?cmp=rss

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Royal Canadian Legion bans branches from affiliating with hate groups (Original Post) inanna Jun 2019 OP

They try to harass and disrupt the communities they settle in too canuckledragger Jun 2019 #1

I didn't know the "Odins" were in Sault Ste. Marie. inanna Jun 2019 #2

I found out through a facebook post canuckledragger Jun 2019 #3

canuckledragger

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1. They try to harass and disrupt the communities they settle in too

Reply to inanna (Original post)

Sat Jun 8, 2019, 09:09 PM

Jun 2019

I learned about a chapter in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario that would periodically go out around their neighborhood and 'find' piles of dirty needles that they would try to use to start a problem they were 'just trying to draw attention to', where no problems like that occurred until the the Odin idiots set up shop.

Of course, they always 'found' the dirty needles on areas bordering the Ojibwe reserve.

inanna

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2. I didn't know the "Odins" were in Sault Ste. Marie.

Reply to canuckledragger (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 8, 2019, 10:32 PM

Jun 2019

I'm going to check that out.

I do know they are attempting to branch out all over the country.

I really hope they don't come to this town.

canuckledragger

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3. I found out through a facebook post

Reply to inanna (Reply #2)

Sun Jun 9, 2019, 06:06 AM

Jun 2019

from some friends that live up there, and found out they have a SSM facebook page

...that I was quickly banned from...

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