Terry Tremaine
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Terrence Cecil Tremaine (born in Regina
, Saskatchewan
on July 20, 1948) is the founder and national director of the National-Socialist Party of Canada. He is a White Nationalist organizer who has posted on White Nationalist web forums such as Stormfront
and other websites using the screen name “mathdoktor99,” and on other websites as “JCMateri.”
and a M.Sc. in Mathematics from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec
. A former lecturer since 1983 he taught mathematics and statistics part-time at the University of Saskatchewan
, Red Deer College
in Red Deer, Alberta
, Concordia University, Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario
, and the College of the Bahamas
in Nassau, Bahamas
. Tremaine was terminated from his position at the University of Saskatchewan in April 2005 following a complaint.
filed a complaint to the Canadian Human Rights Commission
regarding Tremaine, alleging he "engaged in a discriminatory practice on the ground of religion, national or ethnic origin, race and colour, in a matter related to the usage of a telecommunication undertaking" in violation of the Canadian Human Rights Act
. In late April the University of Saskatchewan, where Tremaine had been working as a sessional lecturer in Mathematics, received a fax from Richard Warman concerning Tremaine and detailing the complaint against him. As a result Tremaine was let go by the university.
After his dismissal, Tremaine spent some time in British Columbia
. In September Tremaine returned to Saskatchewan and checked himself into a psychiatric facility where he was treated for depression. While in the psychiatric facility Tremaine wrote a letter of apology “expressing regret for his postings, indicating that he was deeply ashamed of them, and apologizing to the Jewish community.” He further stated that he had been married to a part Aboriginal woman thirty years previously and had three mixed race children. Once Tremaine was released from the facility he began posting on Stormfront once again and fully repudiated his apology.
In August, 2006 Tremaine appeared before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
in Ottawa
. He was represented by Paul Fromm during the hearing. At the hearing Tremaine repudiated his apology and emphasized that he was a National Socialist. On September 13, 2006, Fromm requested "that the case be re-opened to allow him to make a motion requesting that the complaint of Mr. Richard Warman be dismissed because of a poisoned environment and harassment on him, as representative of the Respondent, Terry Tremaine." This motion was denied on October 17, 2006.
On February 2, 2007, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled that the complaint that Tremaine, "engaged in a discriminatory practice on the ground of religion, national or ethnic origin, race and colour, in a matter related to the usage of a telecommunication undertaking" had been substantiated. Tremaine was ordered to pay a fine of $4000.00 and to, "cease the discriminatory practice of communicating telephonically or causing to be communicated telephonically... material... that are likely to expose a person or persons to hatred or contempt by reason of the fact that that person or persons are identifiable on the basis of a prohibited ground of discrimination, contrary to section 13(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act."
As a result of an investigation that began in June 2006, Tremaine was arrested January 23, 2008 and charged with promoting hate on the Internet. In some of his postings Tremaine, who refers to himself as a "white nationalist", characterizes Jews as, "'parasites' and 'vermin,' and called for the expulsion of Jews and non-white people from Canada" as well as posting on Internet forum that, "blacks are intellectually inferior to whites" and "Hitler was a lot nicer to the Jews than they deserved."
In March 2009, Tremaine was charged with contempt of court for violating the 2007 court order prohibiting him from posting racist material on the Internet. The charges were in response to an affidavit filed by Warman stating the Tremaine had continued to post material disparaging to immigrants and Jews. After hearing the matter, Justice Harrington "reluctantly" concluded that Tremaine was not in contempt of the federal court. Even though Tremaine had "deliberately flaunted an order of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal", the Commission had failed to provide adequate notice that its decision had been registered with the Federal Court. This was determinative because the Tribunal has no procedure for contempt, and so Tremaine could only be held in contempt if the decision was registered with the Federal Court. The fact that he had not been notified of that registration meant that he had not deliberately violated an order of the Federal court.
On 6 August 2009, Tremaine was arrested and held without bail.
group founded by Terry Tremaine in 2006. Despite its name, it is not a registered political party in Canada. It is unknown how many individuals are actually members of the group. Tremaine is the respondent in a complaint to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
by lawyer
Richard Warman
. The NSPC is affiliated with the United States
-based National Socialist Movement
.
Regina, Saskatchewan
Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox...
, Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
on July 20, 1948) is the founder and national director of the National-Socialist Party of Canada. He is a White Nationalist organizer who has posted on White Nationalist web forums such as Stormfront
Stormfront (website)
Stormfront is a white nationalist and supremacist neo-Nazi Internet forum that has been described as the Internet's first major hate site.Stormfront began as an online bulletin board system in the early 1990s before being established as a website in 1995 by former Ku Klux Klan leader and white...
and other websites using the screen name “mathdoktor99,” and on other websites as “JCMateri.”
Background
Tremaine holds a B.A. in Mathematics (with a minor in Philosophy) from the University of ReginaUniversity of Regina
The University of Regina is a public research university located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Founded in 1911 as a private denominational high school of the Methodist Church of Canada, it began an association with the University of Saskatchewan as a junior college in 1925, and was disaffiliated...
and a M.Sc. in Mathematics from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. A former lecturer since 1983 he taught mathematics and statistics part-time at the University of Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan
The University of Saskatchewan is a Canadian public research university, founded in 1907, and located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. An "Act to establish and incorporate a University for the Province of Saskatchewan" was passed by the...
, Red Deer College
Red Deer College
Red Deer College is a public comprehensive community college of approximately 7,000 students located in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. Established in 1964, RDC was built for a smaller semi-rural community but, in the four and a half decades since its founding, the city has grown into the third largest...
in Red Deer, Alberta
Red Deer, Alberta
Red Deer is a city in Central Alberta, Canada. It is located near the midpoint of the Calgary-Edmonton Corridor and is surrounded by Red Deer County. It is Alberta's third-most-populous city – after Calgary and Edmonton. The city is located in aspen parkland, a region of rolling hills...
, Concordia University, Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario
Kingston, Ontario
Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...
, and the College of the Bahamas
College of the Bahamas
The College of The Bahamas is the national public institution of higher education in The Commonwealth of The Bahamas with campuses throughout the archipelago. The main campus is located in the capital city of Nassau, on the island of New Providence....
in Nassau, Bahamas
Nassau, Bahamas
Nassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 248,948 , 70 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas...
. Tremaine was terminated from his position at the University of Saskatchewan in April 2005 following a complaint.
Human rights complaint
On April 8, 2005, Richard WarmanRichard Warman
Richard Warman is an Ottawa-based lawyer who is active in human rights law. Warman worked for the Canadian Human Rights Commission from July 2002 until March 2004...
filed a complaint to the Canadian Human Rights Commission
Canadian Human Rights Commission
The Canadian Human Rights Commission is a quasi-judicial body that was established in 1977 by the government of Canada. It is empowered under the Canadian Human Rights Act to investigate and try to settle complaints of discrimination in employment and in the provision of services within federal...
regarding Tremaine, alleging he "engaged in a discriminatory practice on the ground of religion, national or ethnic origin, race and colour, in a matter related to the usage of a telecommunication undertaking" in violation of the Canadian Human Rights Act
Canadian Human Rights Act
The Canadian Human Rights Act is a statute originally passed by the Parliament of Canada in 1977 with the express goal of extending the law to ensure equal opportunity to individuals who may be victims of discriminatory practices based on a set prohibited grounds such as gender, disability, or...
. In late April the University of Saskatchewan, where Tremaine had been working as a sessional lecturer in Mathematics, received a fax from Richard Warman concerning Tremaine and detailing the complaint against him. As a result Tremaine was let go by the university.
After his dismissal, Tremaine spent some time in British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
. In September Tremaine returned to Saskatchewan and checked himself into a psychiatric facility where he was treated for depression. While in the psychiatric facility Tremaine wrote a letter of apology “expressing regret for his postings, indicating that he was deeply ashamed of them, and apologizing to the Jewish community.” He further stated that he had been married to a part Aboriginal woman thirty years previously and had three mixed race children. Once Tremaine was released from the facility he began posting on Stormfront once again and fully repudiated his apology.
In August, 2006 Tremaine appeared before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal is an administrative tribunal established in 1977 by the Canadian Human Rights Act. It is directly funded by the Parliament of Canada and is independent of the Canadian Human Rights Commission which refers cases to it for adjudication under the Act.The Tribunal...
in Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
. He was represented by Paul Fromm during the hearing. At the hearing Tremaine repudiated his apology and emphasized that he was a National Socialist. On September 13, 2006, Fromm requested "that the case be re-opened to allow him to make a motion requesting that the complaint of Mr. Richard Warman be dismissed because of a poisoned environment and harassment on him, as representative of the Respondent, Terry Tremaine." This motion was denied on October 17, 2006.
On February 2, 2007, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled that the complaint that Tremaine, "engaged in a discriminatory practice on the ground of religion, national or ethnic origin, race and colour, in a matter related to the usage of a telecommunication undertaking" had been substantiated. Tremaine was ordered to pay a fine of $4000.00 and to, "cease the discriminatory practice of communicating telephonically or causing to be communicated telephonically... material... that are likely to expose a person or persons to hatred or contempt by reason of the fact that that person or persons are identifiable on the basis of a prohibited ground of discrimination, contrary to section 13(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act."
As a result of an investigation that began in June 2006, Tremaine was arrested January 23, 2008 and charged with promoting hate on the Internet. In some of his postings Tremaine, who refers to himself as a "white nationalist", characterizes Jews as, "'parasites' and 'vermin,' and called for the expulsion of Jews and non-white people from Canada" as well as posting on Internet forum that, "blacks are intellectually inferior to whites" and "Hitler was a lot nicer to the Jews than they deserved."
In March 2009, Tremaine was charged with contempt of court for violating the 2007 court order prohibiting him from posting racist material on the Internet. The charges were in response to an affidavit filed by Warman stating the Tremaine had continued to post material disparaging to immigrants and Jews. After hearing the matter, Justice Harrington "reluctantly" concluded that Tremaine was not in contempt of the federal court. Even though Tremaine had "deliberately flaunted an order of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal", the Commission had failed to provide adequate notice that its decision had been registered with the Federal Court. This was determinative because the Tribunal has no procedure for contempt, and so Tremaine could only be held in contempt if the decision was registered with the Federal Court. The fact that he had not been notified of that registration meant that he had not deliberately violated an order of the Federal court.
On 6 August 2009, Tremaine was arrested and held without bail.
National-Socialist Party of Canada
The National-Socialist Party of Canada (NSPC) is a neo-NaziNeo-Nazism
Neo-Nazism consists of post-World War II social or political movements seeking to revive Nazism or some variant thereof.The term neo-Nazism can also refer to the ideology of these movements....
group founded by Terry Tremaine in 2006. Despite its name, it is not a registered political party in Canada. It is unknown how many individuals are actually members of the group. Tremaine is the respondent in a complaint to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal is an administrative tribunal established in 1977 by the Canadian Human Rights Act. It is directly funded by the Parliament of Canada and is independent of the Canadian Human Rights Commission which refers cases to it for adjudication under the Act.The Tribunal...
by lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
Richard Warman
Richard Warman
Richard Warman is an Ottawa-based lawyer who is active in human rights law. Warman worked for the Canadian Human Rights Commission from July 2002 until March 2004...
. The NSPC is affiliated with the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
-based National Socialist Movement
National Socialist Movement (United States)
The National Socialist Movement is a neo-Nazi party operating in the United States. The group was founded in 1974 by Robert Brannen, former member of the American Nazi Party before its decline. The group claims to be the largest and most active neo-Nazi organization in the United States. Its...
.