February 21 Toronto Justice […]

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1980-02-21

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February 21 Toronto Justice Jean-Eudes Dubé of the Federal Court of Canada found John Ross Taylor, leader of the far-right white supremacist party the Western Guard, guilty of contempt of court and sentenced him to one year in jail and a fine of $5,000. The sentence was suspended, however, and Taylor would not have to serve it if he followed the court's instructions. A special tribunal of the Canadian Human Rights Commission had ordered Taylor on August 22, 1979, to cease making and transmitting recorded telephone messages that incited hatred and contempt against Jews. The recordings had also been used repeatedly to attack gays.

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Toronto

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John Ross Taylor Jean-Eudes Dubé

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Canadian Human Rights Commission Edmund Burke Society, Western Guard Federal Court of Canada

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Paul Trollope, "Stop Hate-line or Face Prison, Judge Orders Western Guard," Body Politic, no. 62 (1980), p. 14."Hate Messages Ordered Stopped," Canadian Human Rights Commission Newsletter, 2, no. 5 (October 1979): 1–2

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John Ross Taylor

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