Far-right, anti-fascist protesters temporarily shut Quebec border crossing

[inanna]

Source: CBC

Posted: Sep 30, 2017 1:59 PM ET

A standoff between far-right groups and anti-fascist protesters along the Canadian side of the U.S. border forced police to temporarily shut down the crossing near St-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Que., on Saturday.

A separate anti-illegal immigrant rally on Parliament Hill, held amid heightened concerns about the arrival of asylum seekers, also provoked a handful of skirmishes, as riot police stepped in to prevent physical violence.

Roughly 300 members of the Storm Alliance — a group that identifies as "ultranationalist," and claims to eschew ties to far-right white nationalists — arrived at the border crossing near Lacolle, where thousands of migrants have crossed into the country on foot without proper documentation.

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Buses carrying roughly 100 anti-facist — or antifa — counter-protesters, from the group Solidarity Across Borders, left Montreal early Saturday to confront those associated with Storm Alliance and La Meute at the border. By midday, the far-right elements outnumbered those on the other side who said they stood in support of refugees.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/far-right-antifa-clash-across-canada-1.4315053

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

1. If this keeps going for another two years

Trudeau is really going to have a problem in Quebec come the next election.

[roamer65]

2. Far right white nationalists are like viruses.

They need to be treated as such or they will spread.