The former leader of the Canadian Nationalist Party has been handed a one-year sentence after he called for the genocide of Jewish people in a video posted on the party’s website and social media accounts last year.
Travis Patron, who founded the now-defunct party, was convicted of hate speech earlier this month following a trial by jury in Estevan, Sask.
Justice Neil Robertson of the Court of King’s Bench accepted the Crown’s recommendation that the 31-year-old serve one year behind bars.
Patron represented himself, staying silent during the sentencing hearing, including when the judge asked if he had remorse.
He was also placed on one-year probation, which includes a ban on posting about Jewish people on the Internet.
Because he’s been in jail since his arrest last year, Patron was credited for time-served, leaving him 168 days left to serve on his sentence.
