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Paul FrommFrederick Paul Fromm (born January 3 1949), known as Paul Fromm, is a Canadian far-right political figure with links to Neo-nazis. He denies being a Neo-nazi. He is based in the Toronto area. In 1967, as a student at the University of Toronto's St. Michael's College, Paul Fromm co-founded the Edmund Burke Society with Don Andrews, and Al Overfield. The Edmund Burke Society was a right-wing anti-communist group that eventually became the white supremacist Western Guard Party. Fromm left the Western Guard in 1972 when it adopted violent tactics. Overfield later became a leader in the racist Heritage Front, and Andrews later founded the racist Nationalist Party of Canada. Fromm graduated from university with an education degree, and worked as a school teacher with the Peel Region Board of Education. He tried to distance himself for a time from groups that were visibly linked to explicitly racist and neo-Nazi beliefs. He founded three organizations that attempted to make similar views palatable to the mainstream: These three groups still exist today and are still led by Fromm. Their membership and mandates overlap, and they are essentially a single organization for all intents and purposes. Fromm's leadership of these groups has given him some access to media, such as being invited onto radio talk shows and occasionally being quoted in newspapers or having a letter to the editor published. Fromm attempted to enter mainstream political activity by joining the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. He became treasurer of "PC Metro", a network of Toronto PC riding associations in 1981. He was expelled from the party when he was quoted advocating belief in a "supreme race" and calling for Vietnamese refugees to be sent to "desert islands" rather than be accepted into Canada. In the mid to late 1980s, Fromm's organizations were involved in advocacy on behalf of South Africa's apartheid regime and opposing the movement to impose economic sanctions on the country. In the late 1980s, Fromm was an active member of the Reform Party of Canada, but was essentially expelled in late 1988 when leader Preston Manning sent Fromm a letter asking him to "dissociate" himself from the party. In the 1988 federal election, Fromm ran as a candidate for the Confederation of Regions Party in the riding of Mississauga East, receiving 288 votes. In the 1990s, Fromm spoke on a number of occasions to gatherings of the neo-Nazi Heritage Front, including a celebration of Adolf Hitler's birthday. This lead to his being fired in 1994 from his job as a school teacher. A video surfaced which showed him addressing the rally in a speech in which he referred to old-time Canadian fascist John Ross Taylor as a hero. Taylor was one of two Canadian Nazis interned by the government during World War II, the other being his leader Adrien Arcand. Fromm has also shared a stage with Holocaust denier David Irving, and has organized rallies in support of Ernst Zndel. In 2004, he was associated with David Duke's efforts to unite the far right via the New Orleans Protocol, which seeks to "mainstream our cause." Recently, he has tried to revive use of the Canadian Red Ensign flag, and his political events and rallies usually have the old Canadian flag prominently displayed. Despite his claims of being a free speech advocate, Fromm has unsuccessfully attempted to sue the Canadian Jewish Congress among others for describing him as a neo-Nazi. Fromm has also spoken out against interracial couples even though he has had a number of affairs with non-white women. In January 2005, Fromm defended himself at a disciplinary hearing of the Ontario College of Teachers against charges including "failure to maintain professional standards, not complying with college regulations and bylaws, disgraceful, dishonourable, unprofessional and/or unbecoming conduct, and practising while in a conflict of interest.http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1106693414504&call_pageid=968350130169&col=969483202845&DPL=IvsNDS%2f7ChAX&tacodalogin=yes" If found guilty by the college, Fromm could lose his licence to teach in Ontario. External links Fromm, Paul Fromm, Paul Fromm, Paul
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