White nationalist fight clubs pose risk for 'extreme violence,' warns government report (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/active-clubs-report-public-safety-canada-9.7109011)
QuoteThe growing white nationalist "active club" movement poses a risk for "extreme violence" in Canada, according to an internal Public Safety Canada brief obtained by CBC News.
The report appears to reveal, for the first time, that the federal department that oversees the RCMP is addressing this movement directly. In previous reporting, the RCMP would not specifically comment on the rapid rise of active clubs — white nationalist groups that operate under the guise of getting fit through training and combat sports.
Of the more than 200 known active club chapters globally, a "disproportionate" number, more than 30, operate in Canada, according to the report. Second Sons Canada — a similar far-right group — has more than 15 chapters.
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The article cites Evan Balgord, who has previously been exposed for spreading egregious lies (https://www.stormfront.org/forum/t1291963/).
QuoteThe Canadian Anti-Hate Network says the best way to disrupt these groups would be to label them as terrorist organizations.
"Some people believe terrorist designations should not be sought out, period ... they have that belief because they think that the process in which Canada designates a group is flawed," said Balgord.
What this certainly means is that we can expect Active Clubs to get infiltrated by
agents provocateur who will proceed to advocate and/or even enact activities that can be legally defined as terrorism. Most serious clubs will be able to avoid this, so the feds may address that by setting up entire puppet clubs of their own and have these puppet clubs behave like terrorist groups.
But the essence of Active Club is camaraderie and fitness, not frontline activism. Second Sons does more activism but they aren't a White nationalist initiative. Neither strays into the realm of terrorism; the CBC propagandists are relying heavily on casual chit-chat from online discussions to fuel their fearmongering.