User:Objectivesea/Sandbox/Melissa Guille
Melissa Guille (born 1972)[1] is a white supremacist and the leader of the Canadian Heritage Alliance.[2] Originally founded in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario but based in London, Ontario since 2002,[1] the group, which has been characterised as white supremacist[3] [4], was accused by Detective Terry Wilson, formerly of London police force's Hate Crime Unit, of having links with the Heritage Front and the Kitchener based Tri-City Skins.[2]
In 2001, according to a report by the Canadian Press wire service, "B'nai Brith Canada and Waterloo Region police have both identified the Canadian Heritage Alliance as a white supremacy organization with ties to established hate groups."[5] Guille denied the allegations, saying, "We are a nationalist group, not a hate group. We're not promoting hate at all. We're not hurting anybody, and we're not suggesting anybody be hurt."[5] While acknowledging being the ex-girlfriend of Heritage Front leader Marc Lemire, Guille denied that her group was affiliated with any hate groups, though she was reported as saying her group did appeal to those who believe in white supremacy and that such people were welcome to join.[6]
On her website, Guille wrote "Europeans now face the most extensive racial discrimination in history. There is a war going on, and it's for our rights and freedoms in a country that our ancestors shaped."[7]
Far-right leader Paul Fromm has been a mentor to her.[8] For a number of years Guille, Fromm and several others attended the gay pride annual march in London, Ontario, and demonstrated against the marchers. She posted photos from these demonstrations on her site. The police were always in attendance.
In 2004 she was linked with the white supremacist organization Western Canada For Us as a scheduled speaker at one of their meetings.[9]
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.[10] The hearing began in 2006 and further dates are being scheduled.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Pride leader faces charges: Melissa Guille, one of few female white supremacy organizers, facing human rights charges", Randy Richmond, London Free Press, November 20, 2006.
- ^ a b "Down into the darkness: Matt Lauder's inside look at Canada's racist groups wasn't pretty", by Eric Volmers, Guelph Mercury, 19 March 2005
- ^ "Kitchener: White supremacist group's sign yanked", Liz Monteiro, Torstar News Service, The Cambridge Reporter, page A3, 19 April 2001
- ^ "White supremacist group's road adoption raises ire of Waterloo resident", Canadian Press, 17 April 2001
- ^ a b "Ontario group denies police allegations it has racist agenda", Canadian Press, 26 February 2001
- ^ "Not promoting hate: Leader of white supremacy group says it doesn't have a racist agenda", Brian Caldwell, The Record (Kitchener, Ontario), pg A1, 27 February 2001
- ^ "Why are they here? London police and civic officials tend to play down the presence of organized hate. But anti-hate groups say there's a serious problem. Indisputable is the fact that London is home to at least two white supremacist groups and their leaders", Randy Richmond, London Free Press, 26 March 2005
- ^ "Will he be the next Zundel? With Canada's best-known supremacist deported, former teacher Paul Fromm is working to revive the far-right movement", Christopher Shulgan, The Globe and Mail, 5 March 2005, page M2
- ^ "White supremacists scrap meeting plans", Leanne Dohy, Calgary Herald, 1 March 2004
- ^ audit2005Analysis
External links[edit]
- 2000 Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents: Hate Groups in Canada
- 2004 Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents: Hate on the Internet
- 2005 Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents: Hate on the Internet
- 2006 Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents: Law Enforcement and Judicial Intervention
- U.S. Probes Neo-Nazi Website After 'Death Threat' to Canadians
- "Journey into darkness: Covert research in the Canadian racist underground", Matthew Lauder
- The New Generation of Organised Racialism in Canada
Category:1972 births
Category:Living people
Category:Canadian far-right figures
Category:Canadian white nationalists