Disturbing video shows Canadian antifascist demonstrators blocking an elderly woman’s path as she tries to enter far right rally at a local university
- Antifascist activists in Canada were captured on video blocking an elderly couple’s path as they tried to enter a far right political rally on Sunday
- The trio was part of a group demonstrating against People’s Party of Canada (PPC) prime minister candidate Maxime Bernier
- Bernier co-founded his political party in 2018 with the help of an American neo-Nazi and an anti-Muslim Canadian activist
- He and PPC have distanced themselves from extremist views, but antifascists have still opposed their rallies
- The three demonstrators on Sunday refused to move out of the elderly couple’s way in accordance with antifa’s anti-free speech, ‘no platform’ policy
- One of the protest organizers condemned the trio’s actions
- Hamilton police have arrested four protesters and said more arrests may come
Antifascist activists in Canada became the center of controversy once again over the weekend when they were captured on video blocking an elderly couple’s path as they tried crossing the street to enter a far right political rally.
An unidentified old man and a white-haired old lady with a walker were seen slowly making their way across the street outside a Mohawk College building in Hamilton, Ontario on Sunday when they were confronted by three masked antifa protesters.
The trio was part of a group demonstrating against People’s Party of Canada (PPC) prime minister candidate Maxime Bernier, who co-founded his relatively new political party in 2018 with the support of former neo-Nazi leader Shaun Walker and anti-Muslim activist Janice Bultje of the far right group Pegida Canada, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Antifascist activists in Canada were captured on video blocking an elderly couple’s path as they tried to enter a far right political rally on Sunday
Three antifa demonstrators refused to move out of an elderly couple’s way as they tried to enter a far right political rally on Sunday
Bernier and PPC have distanced themselves from both Walker and Bultje’s views in recent months, but that hasn’t stopped antifascist from opposing the pro-Canadian nationalist organization and trying to shut them down.
The three demonstrators on Sunday refused to move out of the elderly couple’s way in accordance with antifa’s anti-free speech, ‘no platform’ policy of supporters using any means necessary to deny ‘fascists’ an opportunity to air their views.
The elderly couple was blocked from passing on either side of the troop, which was heard shouting chants like ‘Nazi scum! Off our streets!’
One of many iterations of the video has been viewed more than 5.6 million times on Twitter alone with detractors slamming the antifascists as hypocrites and bullies.
The trio was part of a group demonstrating against People’s Party of Canada (PPC) prime minister candidate Maxime Bernier
Bernier co-founded his political party in 2018 with the help of American neo-Nazi Shaun Walker (pictured and anti-Muslim Canadian activist Janice Bultje
One protest organizer named Alice Smith told local reporters that the majority of demonstrators managed to express themselves without harassing helpless old ladies.
‘I have never seen [the people blocking the woman] before last night,’ Smith told CBC Hamilton. ‘If I had been there at that spot, at that moment … I would have stepped in to stop it, because that wasn’t what we were there for.’
At least four people were arrested during violent clashes that broke out among the estimated total of 100 pro- and anti-PPC demonstrators outside the event.
Hamilton Police said more demonstrators may be arrested as they continue investigating video evidence of the incident.