Anti-Immigrant Views: Isabelle Hudon and Death Threats

anti-immigrant views: Isabelle Hudon, Canada's ambassador to France, says the yellow-vest movement in Canada appears to have been appropriated by far-right extremists espousing racist, anti-immigrant views and even indulging in death threats against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, according to Toronto Star. Omar Mosleh / Star Metro Edmonton By contrast, she says the yellow vests in France started last November with a protest against a fuel tax and mushroomed into a more generalized protest against the heavy tax burden imposed by French political and business elites on the middle class. Isabelle Hudon says the movement in Canada appears to have been appropriated by far-right extremists espousing racist, anti-immigrant views and even indulging in death threats against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. While violent individuals have been involved in the French protests, some of which have devolved into riots, Hudon says she's never seen the protests there linked to race or immigration. Article Continued Below Read More Canada's yellow vest movement looks like it's here to stay but what is it really about Threats abound on Yellow Vests Canada Facebook page, raising questions about free speech Ottawa must go further in fighting right-wing extremism During a stop in Moncton, N.B., over the weekend, she was surprised to see some yellow-vest protesters brandishing signs with what she called violent words on immigration. Hudon, who was in Canada along with five other envoys to brief ministers at a cabinet retreat last week, says it appears to her that protesters here have adopted the symbol of their French counterparts the yellow safety vests all drivers in France are required to carry in their vehicles but do not share similar complaints or objectives. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.