Politicians downplaying far-right extremism in convoy naive and willfully ignorant, say criminologists

Spending three weeks occupying a city, camped out with like-minded people is in itself a radicalizing process.

Interim Conservative Leader Candice Bergen, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, and PPC Leader Maxime Bernier, pictured. Canadian politicians who either didn't expect the far-right movement or continue to downplay its existence in the 'freedom convoy' are either 'naive' or willfully ignorant, say criminologists. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY CHELSEA NASH

February 21, 2022

The far-right extremist roots of the so-called Freedom Convoy were evident from the start, and to deny that is “naive,” and a “willful dismissal” of the roots of the convoy, say criminology, national security, and organizing experts.

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