Western Canada For Us (WCFU) was a short-lived

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-based

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group founded by

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and Peter Kouba in early 2004."Anti-hate lawyer to speak on campus"
, Kaila Simoneau, Faculty of Arts News,

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, June 14, 2005 The WCFU was formally dissolved on May 11, 2004, four days after Bahr's residence in

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, Alberta, was raided by members of the Edmonton Hate Crimes division . The police proceeded to, " eizethe computers involved in running the web site and Bahr's extensive collection of neo-Nazi paraphernalia." While it was in existence, the WCFU hosted a meeting in

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, Alberta attended by Paul Fromm and Melissa Guille as well as a rally in support of

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. A chapter of the WCFU was formed under the leadership of Jamie Murphy (Irishcream) in

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, Manitoba though after a disastrous rally Murphy ended the Manitoba chapter. Another chapter had been planned for

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, British Columbia to be led by Chris Brown (mobil300) when Bahr's residence was raided by the police and the WCFU was dissolved. While their website was very successful in garnering support for the WCFU – the forum was very active with members and supporters from all over Canada and the United States – the success of the WCFU website ultimately led to the group's dissolution. One of the reasons provided for the raid on Bahr's home were the links on the WCFU website to

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and other materials deemed to promote hatred and as such are in violation of Canadian hate speech laws. The WCFU, Glenn Bahr and Peter Kouba were subjects of a

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complaint initiated by Richard Warman which went before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal for a hearing. The tribunal found that Bahr, Kouba and the WCFU had wilfully spread hatred "against Jews, mentally disabled people, aboriginals, gays, lesbians, Chinese, Arabs, blacks and other non-whites." The founders of the WCFU and the organization itself were each fined $5000.00 and issued to cease promoting hate speech online."Glenn BAHR – preliminary hearing in Edmonton"
STOPRACISM.CA, January 30, 2006

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, December 26, 2006 In addition to the human right complaint Bahr is being prosecuted criminally for violating Canadian hate speech laws.

References

External links

Richard Warman and Canadian Human Rights Commission vs. Glenn Bahr and Western Canada For Us

Richard Warman and Canadian Human Rights Commission vs. Peter Kouba

CRTC Resources: Hate on the Internet

Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission: Summary of an important Canadian Human Rights Tribunal decision related to human rights

Anti-hate lawyer to speak on campus

* ttp://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/articles/2004/05/17/news/world/aaa.txt Cleveland Jewish News: Nazi paraphernalia seized in Canada
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (Cyberhate, Antisemitism, and Counterlegislation: Canada)

Homophobic Hate Propaganda in Canada

International Network Against CyberHate: Annual Report 2005 (3.1)

Canadian Human Rights Commission: Annual Report 2006
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