NATIONALIST PARTY LEADER CHARGED WITH HATE SPEECH

RCMP in Saskatchewan have charged the leader of the Canadian Nationalist Party with wilfully promoting hate against an identifiable group. Police say officers began investigating Travis Patron, pictured, after a report in June 2019 from the Canadian Anti-hate Network about an alleged anti-semitic video posted on Youtube. Police say the video, called “Beware the Parasitic Tribe,” featured the party leader from Redvers, Sask., in the province’s southeast. In the 2019 federal election, Patron appeared on the ballot for the fringe party in the rural Saskatchewan riding of Souris-moose Mountain. Police say the 29-year-old was arrested Monday and was to appear Wednesday in Regina provincial court. He made his first appearance in Weyburn, Sask., on Tuesday.