Taxpayer-funded activists hire journalist to target “far-right”

An activist group that claims to be “independent,” despite being subsidized by taxpayers, is hiring an investigative journalist to monitor and report on what it deems the “far-right.”

Source: Canadian Anti-Hate Network

An activist group that claims to be “independent,” despite being subsidized by taxpayers, is hiring an investigative journalist to monitor and report on what it deems the “far-right.”

The Canadian Anti-Hate Network posted a full-time, remote position paying $60,000 a year on LinkedIn last week. The job posting has over 100 applicants at this article’s time of publication.

The first responsibility listed for the job is “monitoring far-right spaces.”

The organization’s definition of “far-right” was derived from work led by Dr. Barbara Perry and Dr. Cas Mudde. Perry was recently defended by the CBC for falsely claiming Charlie Kirk called for queer people to be “executed” during a live broadcast.

“Domestic extremism is a belief system that is characterized by its reference to racial, ethnic, and cultural supremacy which advocates a system of belief in inequality based on an alleged difference and the perceived threat posed by out-groups. This extremism is often framed in terms of white power and commonly exhibits nationalism, racism, xenophobia, anti-democracy, misogyny, hate against minority communities, and strong state advocacy,” reads the definition.

The job posting lists several of the organization’s priority areas. They include Christian nationalism, anti-2SLGBTQ+ movements, anti-gender movements, and male supremacist movements.

Between 2020 and 2026, the Canadian Anti-Hate Network received three federal grants, totalling $908,400.

These include $268,400 under the Anti-Racism Action Program for “containing and countering Canadian hate groups,” $440,000 under the Community Support, Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Initiatives Program for “encouraging anti-hate activities in Canada,” and $200,000 from Public Safety Canada’s Community Resilience Fund to develop “an ethical framework for research on far-right organizing in Canada.”

The most recent grant, for $200,000 from Public Safety Canada, was given to the organization so that it “may carry out studies on the far-right landscape in Canada that conform with human subject research ethics.”

The job posting highlighted that the journalist would have to follow the Canadian Association of Journalists ethics guidelines.

“It takes a special temperament to voluntarily immerse yourself in some of the most hateful content imaginable to help others. Please ask yourself honestly whether this is the kind of work you can do sustainably,” reads the posting.

The salary includes basic benefits and three weeks of paid vacation annually.

The President of the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy, Mark Milke, said that the public square needs robust debate.

“What it doesn’t need is the 800-pound gorilla of government funding advocacy groups that plant fake news. I’ve written about the so-called “Anti-hate network” before and their taxpayer-subsidized disingenuous advocacy. Over $900,000 of your tax dollars to “investigate” former premiers and accuse others of being hate-mongers, etc,” he said.