Thu Sep 21, 2023 – 4:51 pm EDT
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – A government-backed leftist advocacy group whose chair spread falsehoods against the Freedom Convoy has claimed, without evidence, that six million Canadians are “conspiracy” theorists, and thus it needs more funding to combat such individuals.
As per Blacklock’s Reporter, the Canadian Anti-Hate Network (CAHN) recently said some 15 percent of Canada’s population are conspiratorial and consumers of “far-right content.”
“We believe 10 to 15 percent of Canadians are consuming far-right content and believe in one or more far-right conspiracy theories,” wrote CAHN in a submission to Canada’s House of Commons finance committee.
The group claimed that it believes in creating a “Canada that has such a strong pro-democracy, anti-fascist and anti-hate culture that the far right will never gain a foothold.”
“Until that day comes we believe in doing everything ethical and within our power to prevent the far right from growing,” it said.
According to CAHN, it now needs more government money so that it can tackle supposed “far right” Canadians. As such, the group applied for a $5 million five-year funding grant so that it could act as Canada’s unofficial “anti-hate watchdog” for the
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