Racist Calgary mayoral candidate Kevin J. Johnston pleads guilty to hate crime

[Spazito]

Calgary mayoral candidate Kevin J. Johnston, a leader in the pandemic-denying, anti-mask movement, has pleaded guilty to a hate crime in Ontario in connection with anti-Muslim posts online.

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Johnston has repeatedly displayed racist behaviour over the years in both Alberta and Ontario, where he was living until his move to Calgary last year.

In March, Johnston sold coffee he branded "Wasted Native" with an accompanying slogan "Forget gas, huff this."

When he targeted a Toronto restaurant owner in 2019, a judge ruled Johnston's behaviour toward the Muslim man was a "loathsome example of hate speech at its worst, targeting people solely because of their religion."

In Calgary, few rules bar someone from running for mayor. Mayoral candidates cannot owe the city money and cannot have violated election laws. Criminal convictions and pending charges do not preclude a candidate from entering the race.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/kevin-j-johsnton-calgary-ontario-hate-crime-guilty-mayor-1.6163056


No wonder Alberta is known as Texas North.

[Bev54]

1. Yes Alberta has a lot of rednecks but this guy was never a serious contender for Mayor

He has pretty much been a joke even here.

[Spazito]

2. The fact that he isn't disqualified after pleading guilty to a hate crime...

is appalling, imo. There certainly needs to be a revisiting of the rules that bar a candidate from running for Mayor there.

[Marcuse]

3. He wouldn't be disqualified in the US either.

[Spazito]

4. That, too, is appalling.

[Hiawatha Pete]

5. Albertabama

Is it me or do they seem to be coming out of the woodwork more since Khmer Rouge Kenney got in?

Don't feel too bad though. We have Dunning Kruger Dougie running the show in these here parts...

[Spazito]

6. Yes, the combination of Kenny and crap from trump has emboldened them...

for sure, imo. They are louder and uglier than usual. Kenney was disgusting when he was in Harper's cabinet, I couldn't stand him then and despise him ever more now.

I was very sad when Ford was elected. He was slimy when his brother was Premier and he was on council and he still makes my skin crawl when I see him on television.

[Hiawatha Pete]

7. Emboldened here too, at least as bad if not worse.

There was that Muslim family in London ON killed in a vehicle ramming attack.

[Spazito]

8. My best friend had just moved to London not long before that horrible attack...

they were horrified and went to the vigils to show their support for the family and the community.