THE RISE OF RACISM AND FAR RIGHT IN CANADA

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THE RISE OF RACISM AND FAR RIGHT IN CANADA
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THE RISE OF RACISM AND FAR RIGHT IN CANADA1
Canada is known for the multiculturalism and it is assumed unsusceptible from the
extremism. A huge number of people the from far right group has been living in Canada for a
long period of time. Far rights groups are like other groups existing in the world which are
following a stalwart nationalism. The flood of extremism around the world specially in the
western countries like United States of America or Europe affected the multiculturalism of
Canada. This paper we will discuss about the rise of racism and far right in Canada and the
present scenario of the country effecting by these two problems.
The far right politics are relied upon the left right spectrum and it is different from the
standard political right. It is known for the autocratic aptness and extreme nationalism. The
examples from the history can be taken as the Nazism and the Fascism and in today’s world it
can be termed as the Neo Nazism and Neo Fascism. The ideology behind these groups can lead
to forced assimilation, domination on rights, violence, persecution, mass destruction and
genocide where the inferiority is taken into consideration for a threat to the state, religion, native
groups and conservative institution of the society (McElhinny, 2016).
The far right was actually existed in Canada especially when the migrant crisis and
refugee issue occurred in Europe in the year of 2015. The attacks on Germany and France by the
radical Islam and on the other European countries as well developed the fear of Islamic States
and Canada was affected too. It has been considered by many people that the increase rate of
hate crimes originated from the election of Trump. The far right group has not created by the
Trump election but it is true that it encouraged the activities of these groups in Canada. The far
rights groups for example Jewish Defense League, Pegida, La Meute, Northerb Guard, Atalante,
ID Canada are existing under the boundaries of Canada ranging from Quebec to the British
Columbia. The characteristics of these groups are focused on two heads one is the anti-islam