RIGHT-WING PROUD BOYS CANADA DISSOLVES ITSELF, MONTHS AFTER DESIGNATION AS TERRORIST ENTITY

Mon 03 May 2021:

The Proud Boys Canada far-right group, which was listed by Ottawa as a terrorist entity earlier this year over its involvement in the January 6 US Capitol riot, has announced its dissolution.

In February, the group was designated as terrorist for posing a national security threat and playing, what Canada described as, a “pivotal role” in the storming of the US Capitol by supporters of then-president Donald Trump. Several members of the Proud Boys were charged for conspiring to prevent Congress from verifying the results of the 2020 presidential election in the Capitol.

Founded in 2016, the Proud Boys began as an organisation protesting political against correctness and perceived constraints on masculinity in the United States and Canada, and grew into a group that embraced street fighting.

The group’s founder, media personality and entrepreneur Gavin McInnes, is a Canadian who lives in the United States.

The group first made headlines in Canada three years ago, after five military reservists, dressed in the group’s black and yellow shirts, disrupted a protest by the Indigenous community over a controversial statue. The group was banned by Facebook and Instagram in October 2018 after violating the platforms’ hate policies and is classified as an extremist organisation by the FBI.

“The designation of ProudBoys Canada as a ‘terrorist’ organization will have a massive effect on all political movements within its borders moving forward, this includes those that opposed them and those who championed for this legislation. … That being said, … the ProudBoys … have made the decision to disband,” the group wrote on Telegram, adding that “the ProudBoys in Canada is no more.”

On January 6, Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s presidential victory. At least 200 people were charged in connection with the riot.

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