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at, December 2, 2006
Edmontonian guilty of hate speech UPDATED: 2006-12-02 03:36:16 MST
By CP
EDMONTON -- An Edmonton man is guilty of distributing hate propaganda on the Internet, a Canadian Human Rights Commission tribunal ruled yesterday. The tribunal found that Glenn Bahr operated a website called Western Canada for Us and moderated forums that spread hatred against Jews, mentally disabled people, Natives, gays, lesbians, Chinese, Arabs, blacks and other non-whites. The tribunal fined Bahr and the group Western Canada For Us $5,000 each and ordered that they cease posting hate messages on the Internet. Philippe Dufresne, senior counsel for the commission, said the case was based on a complaint filed by the public. "We recognize the harm that hate messages can have on Canadian society," Dufresne said from Ottawa. If the tribunal's orders are not complied with Bahr could be jailed for contempt of court, he said. Bahr started the group and the website in January 2004. =
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