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Described As “Neo-Nazi”, Canada’s Far-Right White Nationalists To Become Official Political Party

The Canadian Nationalist Party, Canada’s far-right group, recently became eligible to register as an official political party.

Howard Chai
3 min readAug 31, 2019
A Canadian Nationalist Party red baseball cap.

A far-right group officially known as the Canadian Nationalist Party (CNP) is on the verge of becoming an officially-recognized political party.

According to the CBC, the party became eligible to register as an official political party on Thursday, August 29th.

The Canadian Nationalist Party

“Our movement represents a revival of national identity”, the official party website claims. The party was birthed in June 2017 and its website displays “Canada First” on its homepage.

U.S. President Donald Trump was inaugurated in January 2017 after winning the presidential election largely on an “America First” platform.

The party is led by Travis Patron, who commented on the news late Thursday night.

“I am very proud of what our team has accomplished thus far. We have delivered a new political option into the public consciousness of Canadians. This revival of nationalism is the only way to save our country and…

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Howard Chai
Howard Chai

Written by Howard Chai

I strive towards a career that ends up leaving me somewhere between Howard Beck and Howard Beale.

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