Overview

• Superior Court Justice Robert Smith handed down the sentence after April convictions for participating in and facilitating terrorist activity and for inciting hatred against Jews.
• Crown prosecutors sought 14 years, the defence argued for six to eight years with about 10 months’ credit for time served, and the judge imposed 10 years.
• Patrick Gordon MacDonald, known online as “Dark Foreigner,” used graphic‑design and media skills to create recruitment content for the U.S.-based Atomwaffen Division, listed as a terrorist entity in Canada.
• The 2018–2019 videos showed masked shooters, flags being set on fire, a slur against Jews, and the closing text “Stay tuned shooters,” with scenes filmed in Ottawa, Belleville and Saint-Ferdinand.
• In court, the first‑time offender apologized and expressed remorse, and RCMP described the prosecution as Canada’s first to combine terrorism and hate‑propaganda charges against a far‑right promoter.