A-Infos (en) Canada, Collectif Emma Goldman - Two Figures of Unashamed Racism in the Upper Lake Region (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

We are republishing this text, which was sent to us. Feel free to send 
us your news, texts, and press releases by email. --- It's a common 
observation: Facebook's Spotted groups are filled with the most vile 
opinions, incitements to hatred, and hypocritical calls for violence... 
often trivialized under the pretext that it's virtual and not publicly 
declared "in real life." It's less well known that these groups are now 
the preferred "playground" for a regional far right (the rotting 
remnants of La Meute, conspiracy theorists, and other even more 
ephemeral formations). As soon as posts can be linked to newcomers, the 
LGBTQ+ community, Indigenous demands, or, for example, cyclists, human 
stupidity proliferates, regularly drawing on fake news and 
disinformation. Their recipe is nothing new: to feed the fear of the Other.

In Lac St-Jean (Pekuakami), a recent post from the Spotted St-Félicien 
group reports a review of local municipal zoning regulations to allow 
for the potential establishment of an educational institution or place 
of worship. This was enough to bring out the naysayers. It's encouraging 
to see, on the whole, local residents responding to the vile comments 
from users in Saguenay, the Laurentians, and even Montreal who 
explicitly express their phobia of Islam. However, the comments of two 
men from the area seem to me to deserve particular attention-the matter 
being in the public interest. I've attached a screenshot of each of 
their messages under the aforementioned post.

Patrick Girard of Saint-Félicien, a former supporter of La Meute and an 
incorrigible conspiracy theorist ever since, is particularly concerning. 
Extraordinarily fragile, he has developed over the past decade a 
veritable obsession with virtually every conspiracy disseminated by the 
hateful far right, to the point of ignoring anything that might hinder 
his blindness. Here, he openly expresses a criminal intent motivated by 
hatred.

Billy Savoie, a former Maoist who now participates in most of the 
activities of Nouvelle Alliance, a Montreal-based far-right group even 
more radical than La Meute, spreads a victimhood-based ethnonationalism 
on social media. Life seems quite difficult in Saint-Prime for this 
petit-bourgeois who claims to be persecuted for being a white 
Francophone. Reprimanded last year by the local school board for his 
internet use, the Quebec Culture and Citizenship teacher complained on 
Roberval radio that he was a pale pacifist, a victim of groups 
campaigning against the far right and racism. Reinstated since then, he 
apparently no longer hesitates to continue his childish disinformation 
or to parade through the city alongside neo-Nazi groups who demonstrate 
wearing steel-toed gloves.

It is in the public interest to raise awareness of the malicious 
intentions of such individuals in our community. It is imperative to 
continue responding to them and combating oppressive rhetoric and 
actions. Inclusivity, community spirit, solidarity, and anti-racism are 
alive and well in the Upper Lake communities. Of course, racism is a 
system of oppression that is not limited to extreme words and deeds. 
However, we must not trivialize these tendencies, which have real 
impacts-the persistence of colonialism in bodies and minds. It is 
entirely desirable that those who spread fear of the Other and 
contribute to far-right groups be held accountable for their words and 
actions-which are political in nature, let us remember.

Thank you for allowing me to share this.

Sébastien G.

by Emma Goldman Collective

http://ucl-saguenay.blogspot.com/2026/06/deux-figures-du-racisme-decomplexe-dans.html
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