A Windsor man who tried to join a far-right extremist organization has been found guilty of participating in the activity of a terrorist group.
Seth Bertrand, 22, received the verdict at the Superior Court of Justice in Windsor on Thursday.
The charge stems from Bertrand’s actions in 2021, when he submitted an online application to a group known as the Atomwaffen Division, also called the National Socialist Order or the National Socialist Resistance Front.
The Canadian government has considered the group a terrorist entity since 2021.
Inspired by the neo-Nazi writer James Mason, the Atomwaffen Division calls for armed violence with the ultimate aim of establishing a white ethnostate.
Justice Maria Carroccia ruled that Bertrand’s actions fulfilled the four conditions of the charge: That the group is terrorist, that Bertrand knew it to be so, that Bertrand participated in the group, and that his actions enhanced or contributed to the group.
