The reinstatement of Boris Mihajlovic to active duty at HMCS Tecumseh has caused controversy after Mihajlovic was investigated by the Royal Canadian Armed Forces about his online past, which allegedly linked him to white supremacy and anti-Semitism. A Calgary-based Leading Seaman (LS) is back to active duty at HMCS Tecumseh, following several months of investigations by the Royal Canadian Armed Forces about his online past, that allegedly linked him to white supremacy and anti-Semitism. “We find this decision absolutely outrageous,” said Jaime Kirzner-Roberts, director of the anti-Semitism campaign at Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre in Toronto. Boris Mihajlovic’s online involvement, linking him to a violent neo-Nazi website called IronMarch, was exposed by anonymous hackers last fall. “It’s time now for us to be able to move forward,” said Commanding officer Joseph Banke, with the Calgary based HMCS Tecumseh, in a leaked video to Armed forces members that was posted online by UnicornRiot, a website that dedicates itself to exposing root causes of dynamic social and environmental issues.
via ctvnews: Calgary navy member reinstated following investigation into alleged white supremacist past
siehe auch: Return of sailor with white supremacist past sparks protest in navy. Members of a Canadian Forces Naval Reserve base in Calgary say they’re upset at how the Armed Forces readmitted a sailor identified by CBC News as the former administrator of a neo-Nazi forum. Four sailors at the HMCS Tecumseh Naval Reserve base reached out to CBC to speak out against the Royal Canadian Navy’s decision to readmit Leading Seaman Boris Mihajlovic without, they say, reassuring them that he’s no longer a threat. In December, CBC News identified Mihajlovic as Moonlord, one of the former administrators of Iron March, a notorious neo-Nazi hate forum that gave rise to the terror group Atomwaffen Division. The site closed down in 2017. “The command team never acknowledged the situation. Even last year, they brought everyone together to address [CBC’s] article, but they never said his name, they never said what he did. It was really on the down-low,” said one sailor who spoke on condition of anonymity because they fear reprisals from their superiors. Reached by CBC at that time, Mihajlovic said he regretted his actions and he had taken steps to turn his life around. He sought counselling with Life After Hate, a group that helps extremists recover, and volunteered with an immigrant support organization.