Canadian Influence Watchdog

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...