After posing for photos together, Ford refuses to denounce alt-right candidate Faith Goldy

Far-right mayoral candidate endorses white supremacy

During question period on Monday, Doug Ford refused, twice, to denounce far-right mayoral candidate Faith Goldy, who is using social media to suggest Ford is a supporter after the two were photographed together on the weekend. A video of Ford and Goldy taken at the same time is also trending on social media.

“Since his election, many Ontarians have had doubts about Ford’s commitment to combatting racism and prejudice. Then over the weekend, Faith Goldy, a far-right candidate for Toronto mayor with ties to neo-Nazi groups, posted a picture on social media of Doug Ford posing for photos with her and her supporters, to which she added, ‘Faith Nation is Ford Nation,’” said Toronto—St. Paul’s MPP Jill Andrew.

“Groups like the Canadian Anti-Hate Network registered deep concern about Goldy at the outset of the Toronto campaign, saying that they ‘expect her to try to use her mayoral run as a platform to spread hate.’ They asked media and other candidates not to legitimize her campaign, and she’s clearly used this photo with Ford to claim exactly that sort of legitimacy.”

Andrew gave Ford two opportunities during question period to denounce Goldy, or make it clear that he’s not endorsing the alt-right white supremacy candidate that has ties to neo-Nazis. Ford declined to do that both times.

Goldy’s disturbing record includes broadcasting the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017 for The Rebel. The footage showed Goldy sympathizing with the white supremacist protestors and mocking counter-protestors. Following that, she appeared on the neo-Nazi, white supremacy website The Daily Stormer, which advocates genocide of Jewish people.

Goldy is a proponent and defendant of the white nationalist slogan Fourteen Words, coined by David Lane, a founding member of anti-Semitic terrorist organization The Order.

“Sadly, we live in a time where hate groups pushing bigotry and seeking to divide people are on the rise,” said Andrew, who noted that the photo is being used by Goldy as a de facto endorsement by Ford.