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White nationalist books planted in little free libraries across Ottawa | CBC News
- Feb 10, 2025
- 1 min read
Area councillor calls incident 'disturbing'
Faith Greco - CBC News
Copies of a book promoting white nationalist ideology have been placed in community-run library boxes in neighbourhoods in parts of Ottawa, prompting a police investigation.
Christine Young found several copies earlier this month when she decided to check out a few little free libraries near her home in Barrhaven.
Little free libraries are put at the curbside by homeowners and are an invitation for anyone to leave and take a book.
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CBC found that seven out of 10 little libraries in the Barrhaven and River wards contained the text.
Several of the homeowners who operate little libraries where copies of the book were found declined to speak on the record but said they had no idea the book was there.
Barrhaven West Coun. David Hill called the incident "disturbing."
"The little libraries are a way to bring our community together, and hate certainly has no place in Barrhaven," he said, encouraging library owners to regularly check their shelves.
"If they see garbage in there, they should throw it in the trash," Hill said, adding that residents who come across similar material should report it to police.
