{"id":2234,"date":"2018-02-25T07:21:22","date_gmt":"2018-02-25T12:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=2234"},"modified":"2018-02-25T07:21:22","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T12:21:22","slug":"2234","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=2234","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-small-12 m_-4027262706268577236gmail-inset m_-4027262706268577236gmail-columns m_-4027262706268577236gmail-center\">\n<div class=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-row\">\n<div>\n<header class=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-article__headline\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">White nationalist endorses Tanya Granic Allen\u2019s Tory leadership campaign<\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-article__subheadline\">\n<p>A U.S. civil rights organization describes Paul Fromm\u2019s association as working \u201cagainst the Canadian Human Rights Commission to defend anti-Semites, racists and Holocaust deniers from persecution \u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-hero\">\n<figure class=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-image\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-image__body\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/content\/dam\/thestar\/news\/queenspark\/2018\/02\/24\/white-nationalist-endorses-tanya-granic-allens-tory-leadership-campaign\/paul_fromm.jpg.size.custom.crop.1086x724.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Fromm is director of the Canadian Association for Free Expression, which is \u201cdedicated to free speech, immigration reform, and restoring political sanity.&quot;\" \/><\/div><figcaption>Paul Fromm is director of the Canadian Association for Free Expression, which is \u201cdedicated to free speech, immigration reform, and restoring political sanity.&#8221;<span class=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-image__credit\">\u00a0\u00a0(<span class=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-image__credit__source\">REN\u00c9 JOHNSTON\u00a0\/\u00a0TORONTO STAR FILE PHOTO<\/span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-row\">\n<div class=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-small-12 m_-4027262706268577236gmail-inset m_-4027262706268577236gmail-columns\">\n<div class=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-article__body m_-4027262706268577236gmail-clearfix m_-4027262706268577236gmail-article-story-body\">\n<div class=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-alpha m_-4027262706268577236gmail-alpha--big-box m_-4027262706268577236gmail-show-for-medium-up\">\n<div class=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-seo-media-query\">\n<div id=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-div-gpt-ad-large-news-queenspark-3\">\n<div id=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-google_ads_iframe_\/58580620\/thestar.com\/news\/queenspark_2__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-show-right-rail\">\n<div class=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-article__meta\">\n<div class=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-inset\">\n<div class=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-article__byline\">By\u00a0<span class=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-article__author\"><span class=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-article__author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/authors.gallant_jacques.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/authors.gallant_jacques.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1519647461833000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFLJM9X2_4LYTB50GdpejwUUEW3qg\">JACQUES GALLANT<\/a><\/span><span class=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-article__author-credit\">Legal Affairs Reporter<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-article__published-date\">Sat., Feb. 24, 2018<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-clearfix m_-4027262706268577236gmail-share-toolbar\">\n<div class=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-share-toolbar__body\">\n<div class=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-clearfix m_-4027262706268577236gmail-sticky-replace m_-4027262706268577236gmail-sticky-replace--inset m_-4027262706268577236gmail-sticky-replace-fixed\">\n<div class=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-sticky-replace__body\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/queenspark\/2018\/02\/08\/tanya-granic-allen-announces-plans-to-join-ontario-pc-leadership-race.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/queenspark\/2018\/02\/08\/tanya-granic-allen-announces-plans-to-join-ontario-pc-leadership-race.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1519647461833000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGICLtp3QOOg70rGAAk6e9vUbck_g\">Tanya Granic Allen<\/a>\u2019s campaign to be<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/queenspark\/ontario-pc-party.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/queenspark\/ontario-pc-party.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1519647461833000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG81USYgEZa1BVccQnA_zwD-zD19g\">\u00a0leader of the Progressive Conservatives\u00a0<\/a>has received the endorsement of a self-proclaimed white nationalist.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Fromm tweeted Friday \u201cCheck out Tanya Granic Allen for PC Leader. I just joined,\u201d and included a link to a registration form on Granic Allen\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>Fromm is director of the Canadian Association for Free Expression, which is \u201cdedicated to free speech, immigration reform, and restoring political sanity,\u201d according to its website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/queenspark\/2018\/02\/15\/latest-candidate-for-progressive-conservative-joins-rivals-in-torpedoing-carbon-tax.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/queenspark\/2018\/02\/15\/latest-candidate-for-progressive-conservative-joins-rivals-in-torpedoing-carbon-tax.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1519647461833000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF4Tz8J1K3Ha-eT1smyEiOHIk6MSg\">PC leadership candidate Tanya Granic Allen knocks better-known rivals, blames low student test scores on sex ed<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/star-columnists\/2018\/02\/19\/veer-to-the-right-in-ontario-pc-leadership-race-risks-partys-election-chances.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/star-columnists\/2018\/02\/19\/veer-to-the-right-in-ontario-pc-leadership-race-risks-partys-election-chances.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1519647461833000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF5_CN7MGnAgOgAa7JPDLVndlnw1g\">Opinion | Thomas Walkom: Veer to the right in Ontario PC leadership race risks party\u2019s election chances<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/queenspark\/2018\/02\/14\/your-5-ontario-pc-leadership-candidates-a-ford-a-mulroney-an-unknown-the-former-leader-and-the-favourite.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/queenspark\/2018\/02\/14\/your-5-ontario-pc-leadership-candidates-a-ford-a-mulroney-an-unknown-the-former-leader-and-the-favourite.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1519647461833000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHumZbdAIsNlbPCFOuKLFWiDByB3Q\">Your 5 Ontario PC leadership candidates: A Ford, a Mulroney, an unknown, the former leader and the favourite<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Southern Poverty Law Center, an American civil rights organization that tracks hate groups, describes Fromm\u2019s association as working \u201cagainst the Canadian Human Rights Commission to defend anti-Semites, racists and Holocaust deniers from persecution under hate crime and human rights legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-seo-media-query\">\n<div class=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-article-related\">\n<div class=\"m_-4027262706268577236gmail-article-related__body\">\n<div 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Her campaign did not return the Star\u2019s request for comment Saturday regarding Fromm\u2019s support.<\/p>\n<p>The PCs will announce their new leader on March 10.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White nationalist endorses Tanya Granic Allen\u2019s Tory leadership campaign A U.S. civil rights organization describes Paul Fromm\u2019s association as working \u201cagainst the Canadian Human Rights Commission to defend anti-Semites, racists and Holocaust deniers from persecution \u2026.\u201d Paul Fromm is director &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=2234\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[400,38,1270,1269],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2234"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2236,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234\/revisions\/2236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}