I swear, this is not a blog about just the Dominion Society.
Two days ago, CBC reported on campus events held by Conservative Party of Canada MP Jamil Jivani across Ontario, hoping to generate voter outreach among Conservative voters in the region. One of the most salient findings of the events was the attendance and questions posed by members of the neo-Nazi Dominion Society. For those first time readers who are unaware, the organisation principally recruits from neo-Nazi movements such as Diagolon, whose Holocaust-denying leaders are members of Dominion Society. Antisemitism has proven to be a key pillar of the organisation, with the leaders of the Dominion Society already pledging their intent to remove "Jewish influence" in Canadian politics. The organisation is inspired in part by the identitarian activism of the 2010s, which saw neo-Nazis attempt to clean up their images in order to exert greater influence on domestic right-wing politics across Europe, and push for "remigration," an ethnic cleansing of nonwhite peoples on a scale reserved for the totalitarian societies of the 20th century. Jivani responded to this question by saying that he believes a moratorium on immigration is "not a bad idea," signalling a willingness to court these extremists.
Yeah, this idiot.
Universities are not a new territory for Daniel Tyrie or Ken Jones, who first encountered each other at a campus event for Canada First, a Canadian offshoot of the neo-Nazi Groyper movement attached to the audience of Nicholas Fuentes. Campus organising is where they feel most comfortable and it is likely that we will continue to see further recruitment and awareness pushes on university campuses in the near future, and not simply for Jivani's events. While at the University of Waterloo, Tyrie was also an avid follower of Lindsay Shepherd, the white nationalist campus activist that served as Director at Large for the Conservative Party of British Colombia during the most recent election, then as communications officer for the party caucus. After dropping out of her doctoral programme, Shepherd ended up marrying Cosmin Dzsurdzsa, who previously wrote for two Nazi blogs in succession before landing a job with The Post Millennial and True North Centre. Shepherd has since been booted from the BC Tories over her denial of the atrocities that occurred in Canadian residential schools, and led a right-wing revolt that has incurred lasting damage to party polling and questions on the viability of John Rustad as party leader, some of which is fuelled by the writings of her husband and his colleagues at True North Centre.
I have a treat. I have been provided a recording showing that Dominion Society members were present at multiple Restore the North events, this time at the University of Guelph. While I initially intended to hold on to this tip to see if the Dominion Society would continue to try participating in Jivani events, it seems the cat is already out of the bag. I believe this changes the context of the exchange. You see, Jivani actually takes a soft tone on the fact that these people want to inflict "remigration" upon their fellow Canadians, a fact that they acknowledge makes them "uncomfortable" due to their own immigrant backgrounds. They instead urge a focus on the judicial system and immigrant crime, which is on its face what Tyrie and the Dominion Society says it advocates for to avoid liability for discrimination and incitement charges.
Jivani talks at 6:10. Note the change from an assimilationist pro-immigration position to openness towards a moratorium on immigration.
I am going to publish this video anyways, principally because I think it provides the full context of Jivani's comments at the University of Toronto Mississauga. What Canadians are witnessing unfold is the negotiation of a compromise by a Conservative MP to win over the support of a popular neo-Nazi organisation by creating a new answer that is further accommodating of the organisation. I believe this is concrete evidence that Jivani's position has softened almost immediately following public pressure from a neo-Nazi group, drawing questions of what other ways the Conservative Party is going to try accommodating the extreme right.
As revealed in September, former Conservative Party of British Colombia staffer (now allegedly working for communications at OneBC) Othman Mekhloufi participated in a Twitter Space that detailed the goals of the Dominion Society to push right-wing politics, and particularly the Conservative Party of Canada, toward its policy positions. These are men preoccupied with violent fantasies of cleansing the country of immigrants and people who are not white. Jivani and Strauss know that these men want to come for their families. Even the Dominion Society audience participant at the University of Guelph has a stake in this, saying his wife is Latina, betraying fault lines within the Dominion Society that will impede the feasibility of its goals, but demonstrating the diverse appeal of the modern extreme right and the belief among diverse members that they can prove exceptions to the homogenizing project of the Dominion Society. They will not succeed in finding that middle ground, and any event in which they do succeed will, just as any other totalitarian movement, see those with divided loyalties or unable to otherwise embrace party policy fully will find themselves purged.
Jivani is widely seen as a bridge between Canada's Conservatives and the populist right-wing of the United States, being a former classmate of vice president JD Vance. Vance is deeply enmeshed with America's extreme right wing, following several antisemitic accounts and taking up the criminal cases of neo-Nazis like Douglass Mackey. Jivani has since tried to shy away from these connections in the public eye because of the unpopularity of the Trump regime among Canadians. However, Jivani's turn towards Charlie Kirk-style events suggests a change in posturing that now places Jivani in a decidedly pro-American camp that seeks to emulate American culture and likely a renewed focus on trying to appeal to the Americans for political support as a preferred alternative to the current federal government.
I believe this is an important insight into the strategic positioning of the Dominion Society as well as an insight into the weakness of a Conservative Party that would otherwise be uninterested in engaging with such extreme and alienating actors. In his pursuit of becoming a Charlie Kirk type figure, Jivani has allowed his events to be hijacked by Nazis salivating at the opportunity to turn his party into a vehicle for state violence against Canadians, much as Kirk's Turning Point USA had done against Americans. Jivani must be held to question why he continues allowing —if not courting— these Nazi thugs' participation at his events.
UPDATE OCTOBER 28: The Dominion Society has put out an email to its followers stating it is satisfied with Jivani's about-face towards an immigration moratorium, saying that it believes it pushed him to that position, concurring with my prior analysis.
Two days ago, CBC reported on campus events held by Conservative Party of Canada MP Jamil Jivani across Ontario, hoping to generate voter outreach among Conservative voters in the region. One of the most salient findings of the events was the attendance and questions posed by members of the neo-Nazi Dominion Society. For those first time readers who are unaware, the organisation principally recruits from neo-Nazi movements such as Diagolon, whose Holocaust-denying leaders are members of Dominion Society. Antisemitism has proven to be a key pillar of the organisation, with the leaders of the Dominion Society already pledging their intent to remove "Jewish influence" in Canadian politics. The organisation is inspired in part by the identitarian activism of the 2010s, which saw neo-Nazis attempt to clean up their images in order to exert greater influence on domestic right-wing politics across Europe, and push for "remigration," an ethnic cleansing of nonwhite peoples on a scale reserved for the totalitarian societies of the 20th century. Jivani responded to this question by saying that he believes a moratorium on immigration is "not a bad idea," signalling a willingness to court these extremists.
Yeah, this idiot.
Universities are not a new territory for Daniel Tyrie or Ken Jones, who first encountered each other at a campus event for Canada First, a Canadian offshoot of the neo-Nazi Groyper movement attached to the audience of Nicholas Fuentes. Campus organising is where they feel most comfortable and it is likely that we will continue to see further recruitment and awareness pushes on university campuses in the near future, and not simply for Jivani's events. While at the University of Waterloo, Tyrie was also an avid follower of Lindsay Shepherd, the white nationalist campus activist that served as Director at Large for the Conservative Party of British Colombia during the most recent election, then as communications officer for the party caucus. After dropping out of her doctoral programme, Shepherd ended up marrying Cosmin Dzsurdzsa, who previously wrote for two Nazi blogs in succession before landing a job with The Post Millennial and True North Centre. Shepherd has since been booted from the BC Tories over her denial of the atrocities that occurred in Canadian residential schools, and led a right-wing revolt that has incurred lasting damage to party polling and questions on the viability of John Rustad as party leader, some of which is fuelled by the writings of her husband and his colleagues at True North Centre.
I have a treat. I have been provided a recording showing that Dominion Society members were present at multiple Restore the North events, this time at the University of Guelph. While I initially intended to hold on to this tip to see if the Dominion Society would continue to try participating in Jivani events, it seems the cat is already out of the bag. I believe this changes the context of the exchange. You see, Jivani actually takes a soft tone on the fact that these people want to inflict "remigration" upon their fellow Canadians, a fact that they acknowledge makes them "uncomfortable" due to their own immigrant backgrounds. They instead urge a focus on the judicial system and immigrant crime, which is on its face what Tyrie and the Dominion Society says it advocates for to avoid liability for discrimination and incitement charges.
Jivani talks at 6:10. Note the change from an assimilationist pro-immigration position to openness towards a moratorium on immigration.
I am going to publish this video anyways, principally because I think it provides the full context of Jivani's comments at the University of Toronto Mississauga. What Canadians are witnessing unfold is the negotiation of a compromise by a Conservative MP to win over the support of a popular neo-Nazi organisation by creating a new answer that is further accommodating of the organisation. I believe this is concrete evidence that Jivani's position has softened almost immediately following public pressure from a neo-Nazi group, drawing questions of what other ways the Conservative Party is going to try accommodating the extreme right.
As revealed in September, former Conservative Party of British Colombia staffer (now allegedly working for communications at OneBC) Othman Mekhloufi participated in a Twitter Space that detailed the goals of the Dominion Society to push right-wing politics, and particularly the Conservative Party of Canada, toward its policy positions. These are men preoccupied with violent fantasies of cleansing the country of immigrants and people who are not white. Jivani and Strauss know that these men want to come for their families. Even the Dominion Society audience participant at the University of Guelph has a stake in this, saying his wife is Latina, betraying fault lines within the Dominion Society that will impede the feasibility of its goals, but demonstrating the diverse appeal of the modern extreme right and the belief among diverse members that they can prove exceptions to the homogenizing project of the Dominion Society. They will not succeed in finding that middle ground, and any event in which they do succeed will, just as any other totalitarian movement, see those with divided loyalties or unable to otherwise embrace party policy fully will find themselves purged.
Jivani is widely seen as a bridge between Canada's Conservatives and the populist right-wing of the United States, being a former classmate of vice president JD Vance. Vance is deeply enmeshed with America's extreme right wing, following several antisemitic accounts and taking up the criminal cases of neo-Nazis like Douglass Mackey. Jivani has since tried to shy away from these connections in the public eye because of the unpopularity of the Trump regime among Canadians. However, Jivani's turn towards Charlie Kirk-style events suggests a change in posturing that now places Jivani in a decidedly pro-American camp that seeks to emulate American culture and likely a renewed focus on trying to appeal to the Americans for political support as a preferred alternative to the current federal government.
I believe this is an important insight into the strategic positioning of the Dominion Society as well as an insight into the weakness of a Conservative Party that would otherwise be uninterested in engaging with such extreme and alienating actors. In his pursuit of becoming a Charlie Kirk type figure, Jivani has allowed his events to be hijacked by Nazis salivating at the opportunity to turn his party into a vehicle for state violence against Canadians, much as Kirk's Turning Point USA had done against Americans. Jivani must be held to question why he continues allowing —if not courting— these Nazi thugs' participation at his events.
UPDATE OCTOBER 28: The Dominion Society has put out an email to its followers stating it is satisfied with Jivani's about-face towards an immigration moratorium, saying that it believes it pushed him to that position, concurring with my prior analysis.
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