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La Meute

Quebec nationalist movement

Summary

Quebec nationalist movement

FieldValue
nameLa Meute
logoLa_Meute_logo.png
founding_leaderÉric Venne and Patrick Beaudry
foundationSeptember 2015
dates
countryCanada
areaQuebec
ideologyQuebec nationalism
anti-Islam
anti-immigration
positionCenter left (per La Meute's spokesman Sylvain Brouillette)
Right wing to Far-right (debated)
size4,000 to 41,000 members (April 2018)

anti-Islam anti-immigration Right wing to Far-right (debated)

La Meute (, 'The Pack') is a Quebec nationalist pressure group and identitarian movement that opposes illegal immigration and radical Islam. The group was founded in September 2015 in Quebec by two former Canadian Armed Forces members, Éric Venne and Patrick Beaudry. Neither are members of the group anymore. In 2018, the goal of La Meute was to prevent the Quebec Liberal Party from winning the 2018 Quebec general election (which the Liberal party did lose). La Meute does not plan to become a political party, but rather "to become large enough and organized enough to constitute a force that can't be ignored".

Most political observers identify La Meute as far-right. The group rejects this. As of April 2018, the group has more than 41,000 members in its private Facebook group; however, some journalists believe there are only 4,000 to 5,000 members based on reports of numbers inflation by ex-members.

In 2019, La Meute supported the New Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government Bill 21 which bars civil servants in ‘authority’, such as judges, prosecutors, police officers, teachers and school administrators from wearing religious symbols at work. The leader of CAQ sought to distance himself from the group.

Political position

Police officers, experts, and the majority of journalists identify La Meute as far-right. The group is considered islamophobic, supremacist, ultranationalist, or even populist by some.

La Meute is, according to Maxime Fiset, "on the limit of the spectrum of what is far-right" and corresponds to, according to David Morin, a "populist and nationalistic-identitarian far-right fringe". David Morin hesitates between the terms "identitarian far-right" and "right-wing populism", and notes there are "communicating vessels" between more radical groups, like Atalante and, sometimes, Storm Alliance.

The group is often differentiated from racist, supremacist, neo-Nazis and neo-fascists groups by observers, experts, and journalists. Quebec police do not consider La Meute to be a threat. There is debate over whether "far-right" is the best descriptor for La Meute. Some believe we call them far-right "a bit foolishly", declaring "it's difficult to find anything to condemn this group". Finally, some journalists oppose La Meute's public image to its private Facebook group.

La Meute rejects the "far-right" label and is known to regularly delete overtly racist comments, or comments inciting violence. Some journalists doubt this, arguing that the Facebook group shows "numerous references to Muhammad as a pedophile or rapist" and that it can be invalidated "by simply typing "pig" in the search bar". La Meute is known to expel its members who are overtly racist. La Meute's spokesman, Sylvain Brouillette, identifies La Meute as center left.

During Quebec's 2018 general election, Brouillette stated that La Meute is directly inspired by the 2014 electoral program of Quebec Future Coalition (a centre right party) but the group's party leader, François Legault, has tried to distance his party from this claim.

See also

  • Religious intolerance
  • Identitarian movement
  • Illegal immigration to Canada
  • Radical Islam
  • Roxham Road
  • Islamophobia
  • Far-right politics

References

References

  1. ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Société -. (17 August 2017). "Extrême droite, populisme, néonazisme... petit guide pour éviter les amalgames".
  2. Labranche, Michaël. "Quand La Meute résonne dans le New York Times". Le Journal de Québec.
  3. ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Société -. "La mouvance de l'extrême droite plus visible au Québec".
  4. ""La Meute" contre l'islam radical gagne du terrain". TVA Nouvelles.
  5. "La Meute présente ses dix-sept revendications".
  6. "Promotion d'un groupe contre " l'islam radical " : un cadre de Saguenay rappelé à l'ordre".
  7. ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Société -. (6 December 2016). "43 000 membres pour le groupe d'extrême droite la Meute".
  8. (2017-01-16). "Le chef de La Meute démissionne". Vice.
  9. (2017-09-16). "Divisions au sein de La Meute". Le Soleil.
  10. "La Meute présente son manifeste". TVA Nouvelles.
  11. Grondin, Marie-Renée. "[AUDIO] La Meute lancera un manifeste la semaine prochaine". Le Journal de Québec.
  12. "Inside Quebec's far right: A secretive online group steps into the real world {{!}} CBC News". CBC.
  13. "The Canadian far right". The Economist.
  14. "Out of the Shadows: Inside La Meute {{!}} CBC News". CBC.
  15. (2017-01-04). "Les illusions et désillusions de La Meute, le "plus grand groupe d'extrême droite au Québec"". Vice.
  16. "La CAQ, la Meute and Bill 21".
  17. "Laïcité: la CAQ se distancie de La Meute qui applaudit son projet de loi {{!}} Radio-Canada".
  18. (2018-03-21). "La Meute et les Soldiers of Odin chahutent un colloque sur l'extrême droite". Le Soleil.
  19. Patriquin, Martin. (2017-11-17). "Inside The Secret Facebook Group Of Quebec's Far-Right "Wolf Pack"". Buzzfeed News.
  20. Montpetit, Jonathan. (2017-08-21). "How Quebec's largest far-right group tries to win friends, influence people". CBC.
  21. Shihipar, Abdullah. (2018-01-24). "Opinion {{!}} The deadly consequences of Islamophobia in Canada". Washington Post.
  22. (2017-07-19). "Pas islamophobe, La Meute?". Le Soleil.
  23. ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Société -. (20 August 2017). "Démystifier l'extrême droite".
  24. (2018-01-31). "La Meute à Granby: les citoyens appelés à l'ouverture et à la vigilance". Le Granby Express.
  25. Meunier, Hugo. "Je suis membre de La Meute depuis le début et c'est plate". Le Journal de Montréal.
  26. Paré, Étienne. "Le jour où j'ai été d'extrême-droite". Le Journal de Montréal.
  27. (2018-05-01). "Extrême droite au Québec: un phénomène social et politique en croissance?".
  28. (2017-09-26). "Québec : montée des groupes d'extrême droite". TV5MONDE.
  29. ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Société -. "Après les affrontements à Québec, La Meute marche dans le silence".
  30. (2017-01-31). "As Canada Transforms, an Anti-Immigrant Fringe Stirs". The New York Times.
  31. Ravary, Lise. "La Meute en crise de croissance (1re partie)". Le Journal de Montréal.
  32. Paré, Étienne. "Le jour où j'ai été d'extrême-droite". Le Journal de Montréal.
  33. Facal, Joseph. ""La Meute"?". Le Journal de Montréal.
  34. (2017-11-28). "How a far-right movement is getting a free ride in Quebec media - iPolitics". iPolitics.
  35. ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Société -. (5 February 2017). "La Meute se défend d'être un groupe d'extrême droite".
  36. "Entrevue avec un chef de Meute". L'Avantage Rimouski.
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