A Racist Group Is Trying to Gain Legitimacy in Canadian Politics - The Tyee

Listen to this article 15 min As Pierre Poilievre stepped onto the stage to address the Canada Strong and Free Network conference in early May, some of the most prominent and important establishment conservatives in Canada were looking on. So too was an increasingly notorious “Canadian nationalist” who advocates for the mass deportation of those he deems “foreigners” — which includes permanent residents and birthright citizens — from the country: Daniel Tyrie. For Tyrie, attending the conference was part of “an important strategy”: one of humanizing his organization — and its ideas — in the ey…