The Canadian House of Commons has voted in favour of classing far-right group the Proud Boys as a White supremacist terrorist organisation. Lawmakers voted unanimously to pass legislation following the deadly siege of the US Capitol building earlier this month. The proposal was introduced on Monday, January 25, by Canadian Parliament member Jagmeet Singh, who called on the government to ‘use all of available tools to address the proliferation of White supremacists and hate groups, starting with the immediate designating the Proud Boys as a terrorist entity’. It must now be approved by the national leadership before it can become law. ‘It’s now on Justin Trudeau and his liberal government to do the right thing and follow through on the unanimous will of the Parliament. I hope he does, millions of Canadians do too,’ Singh tweeted, before urging his followers to ‘keep the pressure on’ by adding their names to a petition. The Proud Boys, who have become increasingly prominent in recent months, describe themselves as ‘western chauvinists’ who adhere to ‘anti-White guilt’ philosophy, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, via Newsweek.
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