Kevin Goudreau Explained

Kevin Goudreau
Birth Date:1975 or 1976
Nationality:Canadian
Organization:Canadian Nationalist Front
Known For:White nationalism

Kevin Goudreau (born in 1975 or 1976) is a Canadian white nationalist[1] and the chairman of the Canadian Nationalist Front.

Activities

Goudreau is the chairman of the Canadian Nationalist Front,[2] previously known as the White Nationalist Front, a white nationalist and far-right group. In 2017, he opposed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's immigration policy, and in September 2017, organised an anti-immigration protest in Peterborough, Ontario. in response Various local groups organized a counter-protest called “Solidarity Weekend” with hundreds of people attending, While a handful of protesters showed up for the anti-immigration rally, Goudreau was not among them [3] In 2019, a court imposed a peace bond on Goudreau after his social media posts encouraged people to kill members of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network. The same year, his Facebook and Twitter accounts were shut down as part of wider actions taken by the companies to remove extremist accounts.[4] [5]

Goudreau was charged by police of uttering threats in April and in May 2022.[6] The first charge relates to alleged harassment towards his LGBT neighbours. In April 2023, he was found guilty of uttering death threats.[7]

In March 2023, Goudreau protested a drag performance in Peterborough, Ontario.[8]

See also: 2022 drag performance protests.

Personal life

Goudreau has a tattoo of a gun and a swastika on his chest. Online photographs show him giving a Nazi salute.[9] He has been described as a neo-Nazi by Vice News[10] and local news outlet KawarthaNow.[11]

He was aged 46 in 2022, and lives in Peterborough.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: White nationalist leader Kevin Goudreau accused of uttering threats: Peterborough police Globalnews.ca . 2022-12-24 . Global News . en-US . 2022-12-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221224160430/https://globalnews.ca/news/8811823/white-nationalist-leader-kevin-goudreau-uttering-threats-peterborough-police/ . live .
  2. Web site: 30 Sep 2017 . Violence breaks out on Peterborough streets during counter-protests to anti-immigration rally - Peterborough Globalnews.ca . 2022-12-24 . Global News . en-US . 2022-12-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221224160428/https://globalnews.ca/news/3778327/fight-breaks-out-on-streets-of-peterborough-during-rally/ . live .
  3. Web site: kawarthaNOW . 2022-04-25 . Peterborough police charge neo-Nazi Kevin Goudreau in hate bias crime . 2022-12-24 . kawarthaNOW . en-US . 2022-12-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221224160441/https://kawarthanow.com/2022/04/25/peterborough-police-charge-neo-nazi-kevin-goudreau-in-hate-bias-crime/ . live .
  4. News: 13 Aug 2022 . Ontario court issues peace bond against white nationalist leader over alleged threats . CBC . 24 December 2022 . 24 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221224175855/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.5245143/ontario-court-issues-peace-bond-against-white-nationalist-leader-over-alleged-threats-1.5245149 . live .
  5. News: Harris . Kathleen` . 8 April 2019 . Facebook bans Faith Goldy and 'dangerous' alt-right groups . CBC . 24 December 2022 . 24 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221224160430/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/facebook-faith-goldy-ban-alt-right-1.5088827 . live .
  6. Web site: 2022-05-05 . White nationalist Kevin Goudreau charged for allegedly uttering more threats in Peterborough . 2022-12-24 . thepeterboroughexaminer.com . en . 2022-12-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221224160431/https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/local-peterborough/news/crime/2022/05/05/white-nationalist-kevin-goudreau-charged-for-allegedly-uttering-more-threats-in-peterborough.html . live .
  7. Web site: Week . Todd Vandonk Peterborough This . 2023-04-27 . Peterborough Court Briefs: Self-proclaimed white nationalist Kevin Goudreau guilty of uttering death threat . 2023-11-03 . The Peterborough Examiner . en.
  8. Web site: 2023-03-18 . Supporters outnumber protesters at Peterborough drag event . 2023-03-21 . . en.
  9. Web site: 2017-09-27 . Man with swastika tattoo organizing white supremacist rally in Peterborough, Ont. . 2022-12-24 . Ottawa . en . 2022-12-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221224161514/https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/man-with-swastika-tattoo-organizing-white-supremacist-rally-in-peterborough-ont-1.3609480 . live .
  10. Web site: Two Canadian Neo-Nazis Are Under Investigation For Post-Christchurch Acts . 2022-12-24 . www.vice.com . 19 March 2019 . en . 2022-12-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221224161835/https://www.vice.com/en/article/nexymw/two-canadian-neo-nazis-are-under-investigation-for-post-christchurch-acts . live .
  11. Web site: 2022-04-25 . Peterborough police charge neo-Nazi Kevin Goudreau in hate bias crime . 2022-12-24 . kawarthaNOW . en-US . 2022-12-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221224160441/https://kawarthanow.com/2022/04/25/peterborough-police-charge-neo-nazi-kevin-goudreau-in-hate-bias-crime/ . live .

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