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were several reasons for the Canadian iovtrmnent's actions. 'The fIrSt reason was
that the ReMP hMI assembled evidence to the German and ltaJian ioYermnents
influena:: 00 the Local amtmtmities and !bert: was the potential for underminina the
war effort. includinc sabocage, if left. 1lIICbecked. The second reason was the public:
disaffectiolt which miabt ba-..e resuJted if Hitler and Mussolini supporterS were left at
luge. In addition, kavinc Hider and Mussolini supponen at IatJe would have been
quite a blow 10 anti·Fasicst elements within local communities.
Domestic Fascists were only intmled after a combination of OllCSide influenct$
and inu:maJ. nervousness erupIIed. With the end of the phony war and the collapse of
the Low Counaies, publi:::: hysteria over fifth column aaivitie:s eruprtd wicb worries
aboundina: of Carradiall 'Quislinp'. PlDlic ouu:ry was stroae apinst memben of the
N. U. P. whom they viewed as pocenrial saboteurs due to their support for Nazis and
their distribution of Nazi propaganda. In addition the British government's decision
10 imern Mosley and his foIkwo'en pt'OfllPIed the Canadian government to inlem
AdrieD Arcand aDd otbct icadcrs of the N.U.P.
In conchaioo, Fascism in Canada in the 1930s was Dota widMpread
movement. Despice dleir small nwnbcn, sevaa] of the IfOUPS made considerable
impact. on society spreadinc their racist and Fucist iddoaies. The JO'VCf1lII'ICnt
remained indifferent to Fascist JtOUpS until at least L938. The ReMP consistently
chose to axx:enttare on the CommWtists as !heir main enemy. This thesis has
demonsttalltd that there WIS, if not collusion. then It least a IarJe dc&rte of
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