In case you were wondering, yes Canada does have its own empowered fascist movement working in lockstep with right wing politicians and the parties they represent. Although this particular story focused on the British Columbia provincial Conservative Party, the fact is that Canadian fascists with very close ties to various Canadian politicians who are currently favored to win their next elections, are currently organizing around the idea to, and I quote "hold Nuremberg trials" for their political enemies and public health officials who enacted COVID lockdowns and vaccine mandates. That's not a joke, and lest you think that these folks don't understand what they're saying, the fascist propagandists pushing for this have all but openly said that they're talking about long prison sentences and even executions targeting folks who made them take some time off work and get a shot in the face of a global pandemic; please keep in mind that unlike the United States, the Canadian government actually did send people money to stay home. Of course, I don't think the nazis actually care about Covid lockdowns that have long since ended, so much as capitalizing on the anger Canadians feel about the pandemic in general and the animating force of Covid conspiracy theories. Furthermore, while these should be fringe ideas, the fact that mainstream political actors in Canada are openly humoring and courting the nazis pushing them, has brought this nonsense directly into the mainstream - even if those political actors have issued numerous less than credible denials of their support after the fact.
https://pressprogress.ca/bc-conservative-leader-john-rustad-suggests-province-would-participate-in-nuremberg-style-covid-19-trials/
BC Conservative Leader John Rustad Suggests Province Would Participate in ‘Nuremberg’-Style COVID-19 Trials
"In July 2024, Rustad was a “special guest” during an online meeting organized by two anti-vaccine groups, BCPS Employees for Freedom and the United Health Care Workers of BC. Rustad previously made headlines after stating at the same online meeting that he regretted getting the “so-called vaccine” against COVID-19.
At another moment during the meeting, Rustad was asked by Jedediah Ferguson, president of UHCWBC and a host of the event, where the BC Conservative leader stood on “Nuremberg 2.0” – Rustad replied by assuring Ferguson that he would be open to the province “participating” in a multi-jurisdictional format."
Look folks, I dunno how many examples people need before they actually accept reality here, but the fact is these people are fascists, and all over the Pig Empire they are literally organizing around various schemes and excuses to kill their political enemies. This isn't about Covid denialism so much as it's about nazis wanting to murder anyone who isn't a nazi and dares to oppose their plans for permanent fascist regimes. The excuses and rhetoric change from time to time, often based on which country a given fascist movement is located in, but the proposed end result - creating justification for murdering their political opponents and anyone who stands up to them - never changes. As Maya Angelou famously said, "when someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time" and these far right reactionary movements are clearly showing you and the world at large that they're bloodthirsty modern nazis. it doesn't matter if you think they're batshit, it's important to understand that they're serious and actively organizing to enact fascist violence against anyone they don't like, for any number of purported reasons. We don't have to think those reasons are rational, because none of this is about rational thought whatsoever. It's political violence, revenge, and dominance in its purest form; the fascist "reasons" are nothing more than excuses to do real as fuck murders.
