{"id":112802,"date":"2017-08-18T02:15:18","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T06:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=112802"},"modified":"2017-08-18T02:15:18","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T06:15:18","slug":"at-least-two-quebecers-attended-white-supremacist-rally-in-charlottesville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/18\/at-least-two-quebecers-attended-white-supremacist-rally-in-charlottesville\/","title":{"rendered":"At least two Quebecers attended white supremacist rally in Charlottesville"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At least two Quebec men have been identified after they travelled south to participate in a white supremacist rally last week in Charlottesville, Va. (Photo By Source, Fair use)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

OTTAWA \u2014 At least two Quebec men have been identified after they travelled south to participate in a white supremacist rally last week in Charlottesville, Va.<\/p>\n

One of them took to Facebook to express his anger after an anti-fascist group posted a screen capture from the event that showed his face and that of four other men.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese people are idiots who drive forward the globalist media narrative to silence anyone who is right of centre,\u201d Shawn Beauvais-MacDonald wrote on his Facebook page.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for right-wing group La Meute said<\/p>\n

Beauvais-MacDonald’s membership was suspended pending an<\/p>\n

investigation into the rally attendance.<\/p>\n

La Meute \u201cformally dissociates itself from white supremacist groups, racist groups and violent groups of all political orientations,\u201d Sylvain Brouillette told The Canadian Press in an email.<\/p>\n

A second Quebec man, whose photo was also published on social media, said he travelled to Virginia partly for his own amusement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did it mostly ‘For the lulz,’ meaning I expected to be entertained and it was indeed the case,\u201d Vincent Belanger-Mercure told The Canadian Press in a Facebook message.<\/p>\n

Belanger-Mercure said while he isn’t a white supremacist, \u201cI’m not ashamed of being white either,\u201d and added that attempts to make all cultures uniform \u201cmake the beauty of the world disappear.\u201d<\/p>\n

The photos of the men were pulled from a report on the Charlottesville event made by Vice with the collaboration of HBO.<\/p>\n

The administrator of the anti-Pegida Quebec Facebook page republished screen grabs from the report and encouraged the public to identify the men.<\/p>\n

The \u201cUnite the Right\u201d rally in Virginia resulted in violent clashes between white supremacist groups, including neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan (KKK), and the other camp, which was made up of activists opposed to the policies of the self-described \u201calt-right.\u201d<\/p>\n

One woman was killed and several people were injured after a vehicle plowed into a crowd of people.<\/p>\n

The suspected driver, James Alex Fields, is facing several charges, including one of second-degree murder.<\/p>\n

The event has prompted provincial and federal politicians, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, to speak out against racism and hate.<\/p>\n

In Quebec, International Relations Minister Christine St-Pierre has warned that the province’s international reputation could take a hit due to the increased visibility of homegrown far-right groups.<\/p>\n

These include La Meute, which is planning a demonstration in Quebec City on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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