Douglas (Doug) Hewson Christie, Jr. (born April 1946) is a Canadian lawyer and political activist based in Victoria, British Columbia. He is the founder and general counsel of the far-right Canadian Free Speech League and is best known for defending individuals accused of Nazi war crimes or racist, anti-Semitic or neo-Nazi activity. He is also the founder and leader of the Western Canada Concept, a separatist party of British Columbia and The Western Block Party, a right-wing political party advocating the separation of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba from Canadian Confederation. Motto: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Coordinates: Country Canada Province Manitoba Region Winnipeg Capital Region Established, 1738 (Fort Rouge) Incorporated 1873 (City of Winnipeg) City Mayor Sam Katz Governing Body Winnipeg City Council MPs List of MPs MLAs List of MLAs Area    - City 465. ... Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) Official languages English and French, per mandate of the Constitution Act 1982 Flower Prairie Crocus Tree White Spruce Bird Great Grey Owl Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 14... Victoria is a Canadian city, and it is the provincial capital of British Columbia. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages English de facto (none stated in law) Flower Pacific dogwood Tree Western Redcedar Bird Stellers Jay Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 36 6 Area... The Western Block Party is a political party in Canada founded in 2005 by Doug Christie. ... Victoria is a Canadian city, and it is the provincial capital of British Columbia. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages English de facto (none stated in law) Flower Pacific dogwood Tree Western Redcedar Bird Stellers Jay Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 36 6 Area... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... In the context of war, a war crime is a punishable offense under International Law, for violations of the laws of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... The Eternal Jew: 1937 German poster. ... The terms Neo-Nazism and Neo-Fascism refer to any social or political movement to revive Nazism or Fascism, respectively, and postdates the Second World War. ... The Western Canada Concept was a Western Canadian political party founded in 1980 to promote the separation of the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia and the Yukon and Northwest Territories from Canada in order to create a new nation. ... The Western Block Party is a political party in Canada founded in 2005 by Doug Christie. ... Motto: Fortis et liber (Latin: Strong and free) Official languages English (see below) Flower   Wild rose Tree Lodgepole Pine Bird Great Horned Owl Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Lieutenant-Governor Norman Kwong Premier Ralph Klein (PC) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 28 6 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of total... Motto: Multis E Gentibus Vires (Latin: From many peoples, strength) Official languages English Flower Western Red Lily Tree Paper Birch Bird Sharp-tailed Grouse Capital Regina Largest city Saskatoon Lieutenant-Governor Gordon Barnhart Premier Lorne Calvert (NDP) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 14 6 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of... Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) Official languages English and French, per mandate of the Constitution Act 1982 Flower Prairie Crocus Tree White Spruce Bird Great Grey Owl Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 14... We dont have an article called Canadian-confederation Start this article Search for Canadian-confederation in. ...

He first came to national attention as a lawyer in 1983 when he became James Keegstra's attorney after the schoolteacher was fired from his job and criminally charged with willfully promoting hatred by teaching his students that there was a Jewish conspiracy along with spreading other anti-Semitic ideas. His defence of Keegstra brought him to the attention of Ernst Zündel who retained Christie in September 1984 to defend him against criminal charges related to Holocaust denial. Christie would act as Zündel's attorney in several cases over the subsequent two decades up to his deportation from Canada in 2005. Christie's advocacy on behalf of Keegstra and Zündel has led to him acting as legal counsel in a number of notable cases involving far-right figures including: James Jim Keegstra is a far-right Canadian political figure, and former public school teacher. ... This proposed logo for the US Information Awareness Office was dropped due to fears that its Masonic symbolism would provoke conspiracy theories. ... Zündel during a court appearance, February 2006 Ernst Christof Friedrich Zündel (sometimes spelled Zundel or Zuendel) (born April 24, 1939 in Bad Wildbad) is a German Holocaust denier and pamphleteer who was jailed several times for publishing hate literature. ... Richard Harwoods Did Six Million Really Die? Holocaust denial is the claim that the mainstream historical version of the Holocaust is either highly exaggerated or completely falsified. ...

• Terry Long (Aryan Nations), former leader of the Aryan Nations in Canada;
• Malcolm Ross of New Brunswick who, like Keegstra, was a teacher fired for anti-Semitic activity;
• three alleged leaders of the Ku Klux Klan in Manitoba;
• Rudy Stanko of the World Church of the Creator;
• Tony McAleer after he was charged with broadcasting hate speech over the phone and online;
• John Ross Taylor of the Western Guard Party and Aryan Nations;
• Imre Finta who was alleged to be a Nazi war criminal and collaborator;
• Doug Collins, a late newspaper columnist brought before the British Columbia Human Rights Commission for anti-Semitic and racist comments;
• Paul Fromm, head of the far-right "Citizens for Foreign Aid Reform" and "Canadians for Freedom of Expression", and participant in neo-Nazi and racist gatherings, who was fired from his job as a teacher for his political activity;
• Lady Jane Birdwood, a British follower of Oswald Mosley and distributor of hate propaganda;
• Wolfgang Droege of the Heritage Front;
• David Ahenakew, who has acknowledged making anti-Semitic comments in a 2002 interview with the Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Christie was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and graduated from the law school of the University of British Columbia in 1970. He was the founding leader of the national Western Canada Concept, but was removed from the leadership in 1981. He was subsequently denied membership in the party's Alberta branch. Aryan Nations (AN) is an American anti-government, anti-Semitic white nationalist group. ... Malcolm Ross is a former schoolteacher from the Canadian city of Moncton, who became notable for his anti-Semitic writings, including Holocaust denial. ... Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ... The Creativity Movement is a racialist, and White-supremacist organization that advocates a White Religion called Creativity. ... Hate speech is a controversial term for speech intended to degrade, intimidate, or incite violence or prejudicial action against a person or group of people based on their race, gender, age, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, moral or political views, etc. ... John Ross Taylor (ca. ... The Western Guard Party (founded in 1972 as the Western Guard) was a white supremacist group based in Toronto, Canada. ... Doug Collins (1920-2001) was a British-Canadian journalist and far-right figure. ... Frederick Paul Fromm (born January 3, 1949), known as Paul Fromm, is a Canadian far-right political figure with links to neo-nazis though he denies being a neo-nazi himself. ... Jane Birdwood (May 18, 1913-June 28, 2000) was a leading figure on the far right in the United Kingdom who took part in a number of movements. ... My Life, the autobiography of Oswald Mosley Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet (November 16, 1896 – December 3, 1980), was a British politician principally known as the founder of the British Union of Fascists. ... Front page of the Toronto Sun, April 14, 2005. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... David Ahenakew in April 2005 David Ahenakew (born July 28, 1933) is a Canadian First Nations politician, and former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The Saskatoon StarPhoenix is a daily newspaper that serves Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, and area. ... The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university with its main campus located at Point Grey, in the University Endowment Lands adjacent to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and another smaller campus known as UBC Okanagan located in Kelowna, British Columbia. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He later became leader of British Columbia's provincial WCC, and led it through provincial elections in that province through the 1980s and 1990s. Christie never won a seat at the provincial or federal level, nor did the BC WCC ever win any seats in the provincial elections it contested. Christie continues to run an organization with the "Western Canada Concept" name, but it is no longer a registered political party except at the provincial level in British Columbia, which has relatively lax party registration laws. The Western Canada Concept Party of BC was a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... This article is about the year. ... A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ...

In 2005, Christie announced his intention to form a new federal political party to be called the Western Block Party which would be a Western Canadian version of the Bloc Québécois in that its role in the Canadian House of Commons would be to act as a regional separatist party. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Western Block Party is a political party in Canada founded in 2005 by Doug Christie. ... Western Canada is a geographic region of Canada, also known as simply the West, generally considered to be west of the province of Ontario. ... The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada that is devoted to the promotion of sovereignty for Quebec. ... The House of Commons (French: Chambre des communes) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate. ...

The WCC and WBP are not affiliated with the Separation Party of Alberta or the Western Independence Party of Saskatchewan. Officials in these parties have distanced themselves from Christie - for example, they do not include links to the WCC or WBP on their websites even though the SPA and WIPS do link to one another. The Separation Party of Alberta, also known as the Alberta Huttonite Brethren is a totallly undemocratic political party that advocates the secession of Alberta from Canada. ... The Western Independence Party of Saskatchewan is a provincial political party in Saskatchewan, Canada. ...

The WBP was officially registered with Elections Canada prior to the 2006 federal election. Christie is ran in the riding of Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca in British Columbia, finishing fifth in a field of six. Elections Canada is the non-partisan agency of the Government of Canada responsible for the conduct of federal elections and referendums. ... Rendition of party representation in the 39th Canadian parliament decided by this election. ... In the British Isles since Anglo-Saxon times, a riding is traditionally a sub-division (especially in three) of a county, in Australia analogous. ... Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca is a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages English de facto (none stated in law) Flower Pacific dogwood Tree Western Redcedar Bird Stellers Jay Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 36 6 Area...

External links

• Doug Christie: Fascism Under Cover of Free Speech by David Lethbridge of the Bethune Institute.
• Western Block Party official site.

• Doug Christie's Website
• Website of the Western Canada Concept