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Most political observers identify La Meute as far-right.[13][14] The group rejects this.[15][16] As of April 2018, the group has more than 41,000 members in its private Facebookgroup, although some journalists believe there are only 4,000 to 5,000 members based on reports of numbers inflation by ex-members.[17]
In 2019, La Meute supported the New Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government Bill 21 which bars civil servants in ‘authority’, such as judges, prosecutors, police officers, teachers and school administrators from wearing religious symbols at work. The leader of CAQ sought to distance himself from the group.[18][19]
La Meute is, according to Maxime Fiset, "on the limit of the spectrum of what is far-right"[24] and corresponds to, according to David Morin, a "populist and nationalistic-identitarian far-right fringe".[25] David Morin hesitates between the terms "identitarian far-right" and "right-wing populism", and notes there are "communicating vessels" between more radical groups, like Atalante and, sometimes, Storm Alliance.[26]
The group is often differentiated from racist, supremacist, neo-Nazis and neo-fascists groups by observers,[27][28] experts,[25][24][26][29] and journalists. Quebec police do not consider La Meute to be a threat.[30] There is debate over whether "far-right" is the best descriptor for La Meute.[31][32][33][27] Some believe we call them far-right "a bit foolishly",[34] declaring "it's difficult to find anything to condemn this group".[35] Finally, some journalists oppose La Meute's public image to its private Facebook group.[36]
La Meute rejects the "far-right" label[15][16] and is known to regularly delete overtly racist comments,[12] or comments inciting violence.[7] Some journalists doubt this, arguing that the Facebook group shows "numerous references to Muhammad as a pedophile or rapist" and that it can be invalidated "by simply typing "pig" in the search bar".[36] La Meute is known to expel its members who are overtly racist.[24] La Meute's spokesperson, Sylvain Brouillette, identifies La Meute as center left.[33]
^ abc"Pas islamophobe, La Meute?" [La Meute, Not Islamophobic?]. Le Soleil (in Canadian French). 2017-07-19. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
^ abICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Société - (20 August 2017). "Démystifier l'extrême droite" [Demystifying the Extreme Right]. Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2018-05-24.
