CALGARY—On Sept. 27, a group of masked men gathered at the Tkʼemlúps te Secwépemc reserve just outside of Kamloops, B.C., to intimidate First Nations people three days before the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. They held up a banner above the Trans-Canada highway that read, “Got bones?”—a reference to the California Milk Processor Board’s famous “Got Milk?” campaign and the ongoing investigation into unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School site. Make no mistake, this was a highly organized and co-ordinated test run. The violence comes later.

Note that the Ku Klux Klan promoted Adopt-A-Highway litter-control cleanup program to gain roadside recognition of their hate group. This tactic is not new.

There have been numerous instances of protests and demonstrations of white nationalism popping up across the country, particularly in the last year. This past August, in Millarville, Alta., Second Sons Canada “held its second annual national meeting where masked group members participated in military-style drills,” as reported by CBC News. In June, Second Sons staged a demonstration in Halifax where they installed a large white cross (reminds me of the movie Mississippi Burning) used in a promotional video. All they needed was a match.

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Dominion Society also exists, which is another white supremacist network formed by founded by Daniel Tyrie, a “former executive director of the People’s Party of Canada,” the CBC reported. And there’s........

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