Canadian Heritage Alliance
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The Canadian Heritage Alliance (CHA) is a Canadian
white supremacist group founded in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. Detective Terry Murphy of London's Hate Crime Unit alleged that the group had links with the Heritage Front
and the Kitchener
/Waterloo
/Cambridge
-based Tri-City Skins
.
Its leader, Melissa Guille
, denies that the organization is a hate group
, and contends that the group and its website are concerned about "keeping Canada for Canadians" and "removing the anti-white
sentiment in society." A 2001 report from B'nai Brith Canada says the CHA "seems to be an attempt to fill the void left by the diminishing Heritage Front." Staff Sgt. Gary Askin of the Ontario Provincial Police
argued in the same year that the CHA was "promoting white supremacy under the guise of white pride
."
In 2001, the CHA tried to gain exposure by joining the adopt-a-road program to clean debris along highways near Cambridge, Ontario. The Waterloo Region soon expelled the CHA from the program. In 2004, the CHA achieved notoriety for distributing flyers in Fredericton, New Brunswick
on Canada Day
. One pamphlet complained about Canadian immigration
policy and another featured a picture of a white woman, with the title "Love Your Race." The group has adopted the 2004 New Orleans Protocol for promoting White nationalism
.
The CHA and Melissa Guille are co-defendants in a federal human rights complaint for Internet hate filed in 2004 by Ottawa human rights lawyer Richard Warman. The complaint alleges that material on the website would likely expose homosexuals, Muslims, Jews, First Nations, blacks, Arabs, other non-whites, and Roma to hatred or contempt in violation of s. 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act. Website content engaged in Holocaust denial, and argued that whites who have relationships with black men deserve to die, that Jews are the literal children of Satan, and that non-white immigration into Europe is worse than the Black Plague that struck during the Middle Ages. The hearing began in 2006 and is scheduled to resume in September 2007.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
white supremacist group founded in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. Detective Terry Murphy of London's Hate Crime Unit alleged that the group had links with the Heritage Front
Heritage Front
The Heritage Front was a Canadian neo-Nazi white supremacist organization founded in 1989 and disbanded around 2005.The Heritage Front maintained a telephone message line with a different editorial each day. The voice on the hotline was Gary Schipper...
and the Kitchener
Kitchener, Ontario
The City of Kitchener is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It was the Town of Berlin from 1854 until 1912 and the City of Berlin from 1912 until 1916. The city had a population of 204,668 in the Canada 2006 Census...
/Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario
Waterloo is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It is the smallest of the three cities in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, and is adjacent to the city of Kitchener....
/Cambridge
Cambridge, Ontario
Cambridge is a city located in Southern Ontario at the confluence of the Grand and Speed rivers in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It is an amalgamation of the City of Galt, the towns of Preston and Hespeler, and the hamlet of Blair.Galt covers the largest portion of...
-based Tri-City Skins
Tri-City Skins
Tri-City Skins was an Ontario-based white power group active from 1997 to 2002 in the Kitchener-Waterloo and Cambridge area. James Scott Richardson was the group's most visible member, and in October 2001, police believed that Tri-City Skins had 25 members in southwestern Ontario...
.
Its leader, Melissa Guille
Melissa Guille
Melissa Guille is a white supremacist and the leader of the Canadian Heritage Alliance. Founded in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, the group, which has been characterised as white supremacist, was accused of having links with the Heritage Front and the Kitchener based Tri-City Skins.In 2001,...
, denies that the organization is a hate group
Hate group
A hate group is an organized group or movement that advocates and practices hatred, hostility, or violence towards members of a race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation or other designated sector of society...
, and contends that the group and its website are concerned about "keeping Canada for Canadians" and "removing the anti-white
White people
White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
sentiment in society." A 2001 report from B'nai Brith Canada says the CHA "seems to be an attempt to fill the void left by the diminishing Heritage Front." Staff Sgt. Gary Askin of the Ontario Provincial Police
Ontario Provincial Police
The Ontario Provincial Police is the Provincial Police service for the province of Ontario, Canada.-Overview:The OPP is the the largest deployed police force in Ontario, and the second largest in Canada. The service is responsible for providing policing services throughout the province in areas...
argued in the same year that the CHA was "promoting white supremacy under the guise of white pride
White pride
White pride is a slogan indicating pride in being white. The slogan has been adopted by neo-Nazi and white supremacist organizations.White pride advocates claim that there is a cultural double standard in which only certain ethnic groups are permitted to openly express pride in their heritage, and...
."
In 2001, the CHA tried to gain exposure by joining the adopt-a-road program to clean debris along highways near Cambridge, Ontario. The Waterloo Region soon expelled the CHA from the program. In 2004, the CHA achieved notoriety for distributing flyers in Fredericton, New Brunswick
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
on Canada Day
Canada Day
Canada Day , formerly Dominion Day , is the national day of Canada, a federal statutory holiday celebrating the anniversary of the July 1, 1867, enactment of the British North America Act , which united three British colonies into a single country, called Canada, within the British Empire...
. One pamphlet complained about Canadian immigration
Immigration
Immigration is the act of foreigners passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence...
policy and another featured a picture of a white woman, with the title "Love Your Race." The group has adopted the 2004 New Orleans Protocol for promoting White nationalism
White nationalism
White nationalism is a political ideology which advocates a racial definition of national identity for white people. White separatism and white supremacism are subgroups within white nationalism. The former seek a separate white nation state, while the latter add ideas from social Darwinism and...
.
The CHA and Melissa Guille are co-defendants in a federal human rights complaint for Internet hate filed in 2004 by Ottawa human rights lawyer Richard Warman. The complaint alleges that material on the website would likely expose homosexuals, Muslims, Jews, First Nations, blacks, Arabs, other non-whites, and Roma to hatred or contempt in violation of s. 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act. Website content engaged in Holocaust denial, and argued that whites who have relationships with black men deserve to die, that Jews are the literal children of Satan, and that non-white immigration into Europe is worse than the Black Plague that struck during the Middle Ages. The hearing began in 2006 and is scheduled to resume in September 2007.