The Canadian Jewish Congress disclosed today that it had sent a delegation to meet with David Fulton, the Canadian Minister of Justice, to discuss neo-Nazi activities in Canada.
The delegation stressed to the Canadian Minister the need for continuous investigation of such activities and indicated the concern of the Jewish community, which wanted reassurance that every possible step was being taken to prevent the spread of Nazi and Fascist propaganda in Canada.
The report cited a television program in October which featured appearances by Andre Bellefeuille, a Canadian neo-Nazi, and George Lincoln Rockwell, the American neo-Nazi. Bellefeuille was identified as a government draftsman. After the furore created by the television program, he announced he was dissolving his group.
The Canadian Jewish Congress recalled submission to the Government in 1953 of a proposal to strengthen the Criminal Code to include provision against the spread of false news and to strengthen the code’s articles on sedition. The delegation reiterated that proposal in its talks with Minister Fulton.
The delegation also urged that consideration be given to adequate protection against the use of the mails for disseminating such material and against importation of Fascist and Nazi propaganda. The delegation made it clear that it did not believe Canada was faced with a crisis of Fascist propaganda noting that the Canadian Jewish Congress was “aware of the almost overwhelming condemnation of the Nazi symptoms by the total population of Canada.”
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