VANCOUVER—A man who describes himself as personal security for Maxime Bernier is a founding member of the Canadian Nationalist Party — a newly minted political party that advocates for white nationalism.Darik Horn has appeared at events next to the People’s Party of Canada Leader, who is rallying votes in the lead-up to the Oct. 21 election. Horn was with Bernier at a Sept. 24 Toronto Star editorial board meeting and was at Bernier’s side in Hamilton on Sept. 30 for an interview with celebrity YouTuber Dave Rubin that devolved into heated protests, counterprotests and arrests.Horn began supporting the PPC after volunteering for white nationalist Faith Goldy’s failed 2018 mayoral bid in Toronto and has described himself as a PPC “super volunteer.†He joined the Canadian Nationalist Party (CNP) in May and was one of the 250 people who signed in support of giving the organization official party status, according to documents filed with Elections Canada. The Anti-Racist Canada collective (ARC) released the list of 250 names in a bid to hold party founders socially accountable, naming Horn as close to Goldy and as security for Bernier. In response, Horn tweeted: “You are making ‘neo-Nazi’ meaningless by using it as a casual insult, and everybody that matters already knows that I’m a nationalist and patriot. Thanks, however, for advertising my security work. I do all the hard and high-value jobs.â€Bernier and Horn did not respond to multiple requests for comment from Star Vancouver.Bernier, who split last year from the federal Conservatives, has denied accusations that he or his party espouse white supremacy, racism or xenophobia. The party’s platform calls for capping immigration to 150,000 people a year, with a larger percentage of “economic†immigrants.The CNP specifically advocates to maintain a demographic majority of European heritage in Canada and wants to rewrite the const ...
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