Political Prisoner Les Bory Sentenced to Time Served (3 Years) For Podcasts Deemed Hate: Jewish Lobby Still Not Satisfied
Brantford, March 10, 2025. In Ontario Superior Court this morning, political prisoner Les Bory was sentenced to time served.On January 14, He was convicted of one count of promoting genocide against Jews, one count of wilfully promoting hate, one count of uttering threats against police, and one count of uttering threats against politicians. The Crown had asked that Mr. Bory provide a DNA sample, a degrading demand as the charges had nothing to do with sex.
The Crown had asked for the maximum, five years, for the genocide count, one year for the hate charged, to be served concurrently, one year each on the uttering threatsd charges to be served consecutively adding up to seven. Mr. Bory was entitled to time and a half for the 23 months plus he spent in remand in the Maplehurst Detention Centre. His lawyer in his submissions noted that Mr,.Bory spent 665 days in a 7 foot by 9 foot cell meant for 2 men but filled with three. Lawyer Ian McCuaig denounced the isolation caused by frequent lockdowns and overcrowding as “inhumane.”Mr. McCuaig meticulously reviewed the length of recent sentences for conviction under the hate law and argued that the Crown’s demands were excessively harsh.
In pronouncing his sentence, the judge noted the videos were “mind numbingly boring” and reached an average audience of about 200.
Five Jewish groups or individuals submitted victim impact statements. Mr. Bory had mentioned none of these individuals or groups in his broadcasts. Yet, they paraded themselves as “victims”. Four outspoken anti-free speech groups — the League for Human Rights of B’nai Brith, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, the Friends of the Simon Weisenthal Centre, and the Canadian Anti-Semitism Education. This organization’s spokesman Michael Tefler claimed: “Every Jewish person is a victim of Mr. Bory’s crime.”
Richard Roberts of B’nai Brith charged” ‘The actions of Mr. Bory … repeating tropes denying the holocaust … have made Jews feel insecure and afraid and unwanted.”
The Jewish lobby was furious that the sentence was not harsher.
“This sentence does not adequately reflect the severity of Bory’s actions and sends a troubling message about the consequences of promoting hatred and violence,” said Jamie Kirzner-Roberts of the Friends of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre.
