Canadian Influence Watchdog

  Yves Engler with Dimitri Lascaris and Alex Tyrrell  Since announcing his candidacy for the New Democratic Party's leadership, there has been a great deal of consternation over Yves Engler's past denialism of the Rwandan genocide, including efforts to undermine the estimated death tolls inflicted by the far-right Hutu Power government.  Many are going to be quick to dismiss this as simply a quirk of a fringe figure who otherwise would have no serious repercussions for the NDP or Canadian politics.  This is unfortunately untrue, and instead is part of a larger pattern of disturbing behaviour from politicians who seek to take control of how the public perceives and talks about the crime of genocide to suit specific political agendas that potentially stand to become lucrative causes to support. Do you believe more Tutsis were killed than lived in Rwanda? — Yves Engler (@EnglerYves) July 13, 2025 Let us be unequivocal, however: Yves Engler is a Rwandan genocide denial...

Seit 2023 hat Kanada das Pech, die faschistische Politikerin Christine Anderson, Mitglied des Europäischen Parlaments (MdEP) der rechtsextremen deutschen Partei Alternative für Deutschland, zu Gast zu haben. Sie gilt als eine der prorussischsten amtierenden Europaabgeordneten in ganz Europa. Sie weigert sich, Russland als  staatlichen Sponsor des Terrorismus  zu bezeichnen und forderte in der Vergangenheit die Aufhebung der Sanktionen gegen die Russische Föderation und den Austritt Deutschlands aus der NATO. Laut VoteWatch.eu hatte Anderson von 2019 bis 2023 eines der prorussischsten Abstimmungsverhalten aller amtierenden Europaabgeordneten. Liste der prorussischen Europaabgeordneten basierend auf dem Abstimmungsverhalten.  Anderson belegt den 9. Platz in der Gesamtwertung und den 3. Platz in ihrer Partei, hinter Maximillian Krah, einem Mann, gegen dessen Mitarbeiter wegen ihrer Verbindungen zu ausländischen Geheimdiensten ermittelt wurde, darunter gegen einen Mann, dem...

Since 2023, Canada has had the misfortune of having to host fascist politician Christine Anderson, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the far-right German party Alternativ fur Deutscheland, who is widely regarded as one of the most pro-Russian sitting MEPs in all of Europe.  This is a politician who has refused to support naming Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism , and demanded in the past that Germany withdraw sanctions on the Russian Federation and pull out of NATO.  According to VoteWatch.eu, Anderson had one of the most pro-Russian voting records out of sitting MEPs from 2019-2023. List of pro-Russian MEPs based on voting record.  Anderson places 9th overall and third in her party, behind Maximillian Krah, a man whose own staffers have faced investigations for their ties to foreign intelligence, including a man charged with spying for China .  Krah himself has faced considerable controversy over his pro-Nazi statements , has been raided ove...

       Over the past month, Ukrainian-Canadians have been protesting a speaking tour of a man who visited Russia and occupied Ukraine and returned to Canada to speak on his experiences abroad, simply for the crime of wanting peace. Or at least, that's what he really, really wants you to think. Who is this man, and why are Ukrainian-Canadians and antifascist activists protesting him?        Dimitri Lascaris is a lawyer and self-professed "ecosocialist" activist and journalist who was a former leadership candidate for the 2020 Green Party of Canada leadership race and made it to the eighth and final round of voting in a 50-42% vote. The remainder went to a “None of the Above” option. Lascaris’ campaign for leadership included University of Manitoba professor Radhika Desai and her collaborator Alan Freeman as part of the campaign’s platform committee, which was chaired by Desai. Desai is a primary actor involved in organising conferences and sem...