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| ⚫ | '''Marc Lemire''' (born February 12, 1975) is a ] ] political activist and webmaster. | ||
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| He runs the ]-based Freedom-Site (freedomsite.org), a website dedicated to discussions on Freedom of Speech. | |||
| He runs the ]-based Freedom-Site (freedomsite.org), a website that hosts controversial far right organizations. According to author ], Lemire was an admirer of ] ] when he was a teenager in the early 1990s (Kinsella, ''Web of Hate'', p. 417). Kinsella has also written that Lemire was involved with the ] in the early 1990s. | |||
| Lemire started a bulletin board service called ''Digital Freedom'' in 1995. He described the project as ], and included material from groups such as ] and the ]. | |||
| Lemire began the Freedom Site in 1996, and it grew to become the most read freedom-oriented websites in Canada. | |||
| Lemire began the Freedom Site in 1996, and according to Kinsella, this project eventually became "the largest, and most-read, pro-] web site in Canada" (Kinsella, p. 419) Lemire frequently worked from Zundel's home in Toronto (Kinsella, p. 419). CSIS claims that then-] leader ] was an admirer of Freedom Site, and that Droege and Lemire developed a close relationship. | |||
| Lemire ran for the position of ] in Toronto Public School Ward P1 in 1998, receiving over 2,500 votes or 12.1% of the vote. | Lemire ran for the position of ] in Toronto Public School Ward P1 in 1998, receiving over 2,500 votes or 12.1% of the vote. | ||
| He criticized councillors who supported ] and ] studies during his campaign, and opposed the use of public revenues for ] |
He criticized councillors who supported ] and ] studies during his campaign, and opposed the use of public revenues for ]. | ||
| According to ], a researcher who infiltrated the far right in Canada, Lemire has been national director of the Heritage Front since January 1, 2001. . | |||
| ==Legal and human rights issues== | |||
| Justice ]' January 21, 2004 ruling on Ernst Zundel's bail application mentioned Lemire's relationship with Zundel. Blais said "Marc Lemire has been and still is very active in Heritage Front, which he now leads", and that "Marc Lemire has in fact received financial assistance from Mr. Zündel, and again, I believe the nature of their relationship is much closer than what Mr. Zündel admits." CSIS described Lemire as being "under the tutelage of Zundel and "anti-] activist, ]." | |||
| A Canadian Human Rights Tribunal rendered a decision in August 2006, finding that postings by Craig Harrison on the Freedomsite forum contained repeated calls for genocide against Aboriginals, blacks, and Francophones. The tribunal found that these and other postings targeting Jews, non-whites, Italians, and Dutch people violated the Canadian Human Rights Act. | |||
| As of 2006, Lemire was the subject of a federal human rights complaint for communicating hate messages with hearings before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal scheduled for February 2007. | |||
| ==References== | |||
| *Kinsella, Warren. (1996). ''Web of Hate: The Far Right Network in Canada''. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-00-255074-1 | |||
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Revision as of 16:17, 27 December 2006
Marc Lemire (born February 12, 1975) is a Canadian far right political activist and webmaster.
He runs the Toronto-based Freedom-Site (freedomsite.org), a website dedicated to discussions on Freedom of Speech.
Lemire started a bulletin board service called Digital Freedom in 1995. He described the project as "pro-white", and included material from groups such as Stormfront and the National Alliance.
Lemire began the Freedom Site in 1996, and it grew to become the most read freedom-oriented websites in Canada.
Lemire ran for the position of school trustee in Toronto Public School Ward P1 in 1998, receiving over 2,500 votes or 12.1% of the vote. He criticized councillors who supported gay and lesbian studies during his campaign, and opposed the use of public revenues for multiculturalism.