John Ross Taylor, leader of the Western Guard Party, has been sentenced to a maximum one-year jail term and his movement has been fined $5000 for contempt of court for disseminating anti-Jewish propaganda in violation of a decision by a human rights tribunal that has the force of a Federal Court of Canada order. However, the sentence and the fine were suspended on condition that Taylor and his associates respect the order.
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