Canada Designates the Proud Boys a Terrorist Organization, Making Buying Proud Boys Gear a Crime
The Canadian government has just become the first to designate the Proud Boys — founded by Canadian writer and far-right commentator Gavin McInnes — a terrorist entity, which makes giving them money or buying Proud Boys paraphernalia a crime in Canada.
While constantly denying that they have white nationalist or racist ties, the Proud Boys have regularly been associated with far-right activities and street violence in the last several years — particularly as highly vocal foes of Antifa and the Black Lives Matter movement. And after gaining widespread media attention first in a mention by then-President Donald Trump during a televised debate last fall, and then when its current leader was arrested in Washington D.C. ahead of the January 6 riots, the Canadian government is declaring the organization a hostile terrorist one.