Hamilton Mayor Warns Venues About Anti-Immigration Conference in City
Andrea Horwath said the city will not rent facilities to the group as Hamilton venues are warned about a conference promoting deportation of immigrants.
- Hamilton Mayor Andrea Horwath is notifying local venues about the Dominion Society, which is promoting an August 29 'nationalist conference' called DomCon 2026, while confirming the city will not rent facilities to the organization.
- Advocating for 'remigration,' the organization promotes a 10-year immigration moratorium and the deportation of five to 9 million people, which Horwath identified as part of Canada's 'broader white-nationalist movement.'
- Barbara Perry, director of the Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism at Ontario Tech University, told CBC on Friday that Dominion Society's arguments are 'inherently racist and xenophobic' because they blame immigrants for national problems.
- Police spokesperson Jackie Penman said Tuesday the service will 'respond to any risks' at the event, while Pring Guesthouse stated the hostel will never welcome the organization.
- Austrian remigration advocate Martin Sellner, who was permanently banned from the United Kingdom in 2019, is slated to speak at the convention, though Canadian officials have not confirmed if Sellner is eligible to enter the country.
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CambridgeToday.ca
Anti-immigration speaker banned from U.K. still planning to attend Ontario conference
OTTAWA — An Austrian man who has been permanently banned from the United Kingdom for promoting extremist narratives said this week he hopes Canada won't deny him entry ahead of a conference he's set to speak at in Hamilton this month.
Winnipeg Free Press
Hamilton mayor warning venues about anti-immigration conference in city
OTTAWA - The City of Hamilton is alerting local venues about a group looking to host a convention with a speaker who has been banned from the United Kingdom, but Canadian officials won't say if he's even eligible to enter this country.
Hamilton Mayor Andrea Horwath warns local businesses against an anti-immigration group planning to hold a conference there.
Anti-immigration speaker banned from UK still plans to attend Ontario conference
Martin Sellner is being marketed as a keynote speaker for an Aug. 29 conference of the Dominion Society, which advocates for "remigration," the mass deportation of immigrants. On Tuesday, Sellner replied to an X post promoting his appearance at the conference, saying: "I hope they let me in."
Be aware of anti-immigration group planning conference in Hamilton area, mayor tells businesses
Hamilton Mayor Andrea Horwath says she has sent letters to local businesses about an anti-immigration group that could be renting space in the city for a conference. Horwath says people are free to promote their views, but wants the community to be informed.
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