An Estevan jury quickly found the one\u002Dtime leader of the Canadian Nationalist Party guilty of willfully promoting hatred against Jews.
Travis Patron of Redvers, Sask. was 29 when he was charged in February 2021, and his trial on the matter began in late September of this year.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
In that video, Crown prosecutor Ryan Snyder said Patron had offered “pretty much every antisemitic trope in the history of antisemitic tropes.”, the prosecutor read from what he said was essentially a transcript of one of Patron’s statements: “What we need to do, perhaps more than anything, is remove these people, once and for all, from our country.”
Patron had argued, among other things, that there had been no evidence that showed the comments in the video had been directed at Jews.Article contentRobertson’s instructions to the jury were clear: if they were to convict, it was to be on the basis that the Crown had proven to them Patron’s guilt, beyond a reasonable doubt.The judge took great care in outlining the elements of the offence, breaking down the charge for jurors.
As listed on an amended indictment, it was charged that on or between June 1, 2019 and Feb. 4, 2021, in the province of Saskatchewan, Patron did, by communicating statements, other than in private conversation, willfully promote hatred against an identifiable group, with the group being Jews. Specifically, as it relates to promoting hatred, Robertson told jurors it was not enough if a statement was offensive or false.Article content
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