Updated:\u00a0August 27, 2026 at 5:02p.m. EDT<\/p>\n
Published:\u00a0August 27, 2026 at 4:56p.m. EDT<\/p>\n
OTTAWA \u2014 Austrian anti-immigrant speaker Martin Sellner says he was not granted an electronic travel authorization in time for a trip to Hamilton to speak at a nationalist conference.<\/p>\n
In a video posted on X, Sellner says Canada not granting him permission to enter the country is political persecution, and said Canada is engaging in \u201csilent, ethnic replacement\u201d of its population.<\/p>\n
He was scheduled to speak this weekend at a conference in the Hamilton area held by the Dominion Society, an organization advocating for a policy called remigration. <\/p>\n
The organization\u2019s website describes its policy objectives as wanting to strip upwards of two million people of permanent residency and deporting five to nine million immigrants.<\/p>\n
Jewish advocacy organization B\u2019nai Brith Canada urged the government to deny Sellner\u2019s entry, noting a youth conviction of defacing a synagogue, past neo-Nazi affiliations and promotion of \u201cextremist rhetoric and racism.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a website post, Hamilton Police say they are aware the Dominion Society is still seeking venues to hold the event and encourages any venue to \u201cconsider the impact\u201d it would have on the Hamilton community before deciding whether to host it.<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 27, 2026.<\/p>\n
David Baxter, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n
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