CBC’s News reports that far right extremism has been growing inside the Canadian Armed Forces for years, and critics argue the military has been slow to stamp it out. “There is growing demand for more robust action to deal with it,” a CBC anchor told viewers.University of Alberta political scientist Andy Knight said interviews he carried out with radicalized soldiers and veterans at the military’s request left him convinced the threat is real. .“I would like to say that I’m surprised, but I’m not,” said Knight. “One individual told me he signed up in order to learn how to kill ‘brown and black people.’”Federal and provincial police allege four recently arrested Quebec men planned to form an anti-government militia and seize land near Quebec City. Ontario Tech University professor Barbara Perry worries the plot reflects a broader goal. “Is this the first step toward the white ethno-state so many far right actors want?” said Perry.
