Mr. Speaker, recently I spoke in the House about the growth of radical far-right movements. They have organized disinformation campaigns, impacted how some people and politicians treat others and led to some politicians not acting in the best interests of Canadians.
As the Prime Minister recently said, “we have seen that anti-vax messages during the convoy and during the pandemic were amplified by Russian propaganda, especially in the media of the right”; that this media began spreading “pro-Putin propaganda”; and that Russia Today “is currently funding bloggers and other [You]tube personalities at the right,” such as Tucker Carlson, “in order to amplify messages that are destabilizing democracies.” What this tells us is that some of these far-right movements and opinion leaders are not only harming Canada but doing so at the bidding of Vladimir Putin.
Some of these far-right movements are agents of foreign influence, so I wonder why the Leader of the Opposition will not get his security clearance and take this seriously. I urge us all to take the actions we need to, to stop the influence of these radical far-right movements, because our security, our economy and our freedom depend on it.