Tomasz Winnicki
| Tomasz Winnicki | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 17, 1975 Poland |
| Nationality | Polish-Canadian |
| Occupation | White supremacist activist |
Tomasz Winnicki (born November 17, 1975) is a Polish-Canadian white supremacist based in London, Ontario. He was the subject of complaints before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal for his activities, and has also faced criminal charges on weapons offences. In July 2006, he was sentenced to nine months in prison for violating a Federal Court injunction barring him from posting hateful material on the Internet. In 2010, he ran unsuccessfully in the London mayoral election, garnering around 0.2% of the municipal vote.
Winnicki and his family immigrated to Italy from Poland in 1985, before immigrating to Canada in 1987.
Winnicki is a prolific poster on Alex Linder's Vanguard News Network web forum. Winnicki had previously posted using the username Thexder_3D, but later opted to post using his real name, after having been publicly identified. As a result of his online writings, Ottawa human rights lawyer Richard Warman filed a federal human rights complaint against Winnicki. Winnicki was the subject of hearings before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal in August and October 2005, with closing arguments heard on December 12, 2005. Winnicki faced the possibility of a permanent cease and desist order, a penalty of up to $10,000 and damages of up to $60,000 for naming the complainant personally in the discriminatory material and attempting to retaliate against him for having filed the complaint.
The Federal Court of Canada issued an injunction against Winnicki on October 4, 2005, enjoining him from posting hate propaganda until the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal issues a decision in the case against him. The judge said: "Having looked at these messages in their entirety and in context, I have no doubt that they are likely to expose persons of the Jewish faith to hatred or contempt, as these concepts have been defined in Nealy, supra, and approved in Taylor, supra. And the same can be said of the messages which target persons of the black race. They are undoubtedly as vile as one can imagine and are not only discriminatory but threatening to the victims they target." He concluded by saying, "I have no hesitation in holding that the words complained of are so manifestly contrary to the letter and the spirit of s. 13 of the CHRA that any finding to the contrary would be considered highly suspect."
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