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Moncton man shocked at anti-immigrant flyers
Last updated Nov 22 2005 12:57 PM AST
CBC News
A Moncton man spent the better part of a day Sunday ripping down posters that blamed immigrants for a host of diseases and called for immigration to be cut.

Eric Daigle said he was angered by what he saw.

"They put a bunch of facts, or so-called facts, for gullible people to manipulate people who don't know, you know, or have no knowledge on the thing whatsoever," said Daigle.

"(The posters) talked about how if it wasn't for immigration that there wouldn't be hepatitis and malaria and SARS and AIDS. Like, you know, it's retarded," he said.

The posters were put up by the Canada First Immigration Reform Committee, an anti-immigrant group based in Etobicoke, just outside of Toronto. The group alleges immigrants steal jobs, threaten Canada's health care system and raise the crime rate.

Paul Fromm, the director of the association, has been a far-right political figure in Canada since the 1980s. He's spoken at Neo-nazi gatherings but denies being a Neo-nazi himself.

Fromm said it was unfortunate someone would tear down his posters instead of letting people read his material and judge for themselves.

"I think it's too bad, you know. It's somebody substituting his feelings and judgment for others," said Fromm.

"Others, I'd hope, should have the right to take a look at these, think about it, make up their own minds. But who ever this individual is, he's taken it upon himself to shut down the debate as much as he can. And that's sad," he said.

Moncton RCMP confirmed they received one complaint about the posters.