Second Sons recruits under NDA after selling a fitness-and-heritage image, CBC finds

Canada’s most prominent white-supremacist “active club,” Second Sons Canada, recruits behind a polished online brand of fitness and heritage — then, according to a former Canadian Armed Forces member who tried to join, reveals neo-Nazi ideology only in person and demands a non-disclosure agreement before membership proceeds, CBC News reported Oct. 1.

The source, unnamed by CBC over safety and legal concerns, said he was searched for recording devices, told to leave his phone face-up, asked to say racial slurs as a test, and heard meeting talk that cast Jewish people as evil and Hitler’s philosophy as “genius.” He said the NDA would ban him from revealing confidential information about the group. Legal scholars told CBC such contracts can chill speech to media or authorities. CBC obtained the NDA independently after La Presse first reported its existence when two journalists applied under a false name over the summer.

Corporate filings show Second Sons operates through numbered company 16130623 Canada Inc., with Jeremy MacKenzie listed as director and Alex Vriend and Alex Cabana as shareholders. The NDA describes the firm as a “media organization.” Experts questioned whether hate advocacy and calls for violence fit any legitimate corporate purpose; the federal registry has sent a notice of intent to dissolve the corporation if overdue financial statements are not filed. The group’s weekend demonstration near Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc, including a “Got bones?” overpass banner, was condemned by community members and Prime Minister Mark Carney; the RCMP said it is taking the matter seriously as part of an ongoing investigation.

The reporting underscores how active clubs can use sports branding, fees and corporate paperwork to expand while insulating leaders — and why Canadian police, regulators and platforms are under pressure to treat recruitment secrecy as a public-safety issue, not a private club rule.

Sources: CBC News.