Jordan Sears, editor in chief of the newspaper. Screenshot via YouTube.
Read: This Video of Guy Fieri Eating Food to Johnny Cash's 'Hurt' Is Extremely ImportantThis post originally appeared on VICE Canada.There are a lot of shitty, racist, sexist, why-the-fuck-does-this-exist things out there: Donald Trump, the internet, your uncle. The world might possibly be better if these things went away—disappeared into the ether—but we usually just shrug and move on since, you know, free speech.Today, however, the Canadian government effectively said "Fuck that noise" and ordered the national postal service to immediately end circulation of Your Ward News—an awful Toronto "newspaper" that regularly features racist caricatures of Muslims, Jews, and black people, editorials on why rape is OK, and quotes like "sexual assault charges are merely speeding tickets on the seduction highway" (from the most recent issue).The paper's editor in chief, James Sears (known in the pickup-artist community as Dimitri the Lover), was issued a prohibitory order Monday on the grounds of hate speech and propaganda. According to a copy of the order obtained by VICE, Canada Post will no longer be delivering his paper, and Sears is barred from personally sending it out.According to a statement provided by Minister Judy Foote, head of the Ministry of Public Services and Procurement, the order came after a human rights complaint was filed against Canada Post in April."As Minister responsible for Canada Post, I took action to stop the distribution of the publication Your Ward News," the statement reads. "Canada Post will not deliver this disturbing publication as long as the interim order remains in effect."The order cites hate speech and defamation as reason for the immediate end to its delivery, although Sears has told VICE that he will be appealing the decision."The thing is, we're not breaking any laws, and we're going to win this case," Sears told VICE. "[We've been using] them to get publicity because they're idiots."Sears, who was evaluated as unstable by the Canadian Forces and had his physician's license stripped in the 1990s after he plead guilty to two counts of sexual assault, admits that he is a controversial figure, but told VICE that he is not joking around with the content of his paper. He notes that he "enjoys trolling Marxist morons," but that the main goal of the paper itself is actually "very serious."Sears told VICE that he is currently "amassing an army" of supporters to distribute the paper on their own, in case legal action in reversing the government's order fails. He also said that the donations from white supremacists, both at home and abroad, have been "flowing in."Follow Jake Kivanç on Twitter.
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