The lower house of the Canadian Parliament on Monday unanimously approved a motion calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to ban the ultra-nationalist organization "
Proud Boys
" in Canada as a "
terrorist entity
."
The Canadian government recently indicated that its security agencies are closely monitoring the organization and gathering evidence to support the group's blacklisting.
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Moved by the New Democratic Party (NDP, left), the motion adopted by the House of Commons urges the Liberal government of Mr. Trudeau "
to use all means at its disposal to respond to the proliferation of white and hate supremacist groups in beginning with the immediate designation of the Prouds Boys as a
"
terrorist entity
" in Canada.
Members of the "
Proud Boys
", a group founded by a Canadian who has since disassociated themselves from it, were among the supporters of Donald Trump who stormed the Capitol in Washington on January 6.
The day before, the leader of this American militia, Enrique Tarrio, had been arrested for similar acts during a demonstration which had degenerated in December.
Several people had been stabbed and dozens more arrested.
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In Canada, five members of the Royal Canadian Navy group were called to order for disrupting an Indigenous ceremony in Halifax, Nova Scotia (southeast) in 2017. Dozens of organizations are banned in Canada, including Al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, the Taliban or the Islamic State group.
