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What's the deal with Romana Didulo? (Canada)
So a few weeks ago, some news stories circulated around Canadian publications as well as other online sites about someone that Qanon gravitated to as the new "Queen of Canada".
They've been spreading antivax stuff around Canada apparently, pharmacies and other businesses receiving these wacko "cease and desist" notices.
She has explicitly made death threats and shit like that to pharmacists, etc; it's really easy to find those but I don't really want to give more traffic to their official website.
My question is, how is this person not... like, arrested? Or is it just that news outlets are blowing this story out of proportion, it's just incredibly infrequent fringe shit that no one is paying attention to?
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I think you hit the nail on the head with the incredibly fringe shit line.
The thing to remember about movements like Qanon, is they have levels of participation and belief amongst the supporters. In America, for example, you may have people who share the occasional Qanon meme, while on the other hand you'll have people believe JFK Jr is alive and fighting the deep state with trump.
The kind of person who falls into the latter category is a fraction of a fraction of the overall group. This woman, from what I understand, is just a sort of out there woman who some people have latched on to. It's unlikely most people even know who she is, even within the movement she operates in.
The press is reporting on her because it makes for interesting articles. Not because she's particularly important or powerful. As to why she's not been arrested, someone more familiar with Canadian law than I am would have to explain that. But I suspect it would be that her actions and words haven't risen to the level of being actionable by the police. Or they just don't care.
Based on the letter that has been widely circulated, there is nothing criminal in it.
In videos she has posted online, she has called for executions of healthcare staff by firing squad.
Has she specifically mentioned individuals or workers of a specific location? As disgusting and deranged as she is, our current hate speech laws that criminalize incitement to commit a breach of the peace only apply to "identifiable" groups, specifically, "colour, race, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or mental or physical disability.
Couldn’t there be an argument made related to extremism rather than hate speech?
If by extremism you mean terrorism then probably not. Terrorism is either:
a violation of a number of agreements we have signed in regards to civil aviation, navigation, diplomats, hostage taking, nuclear materials, bombing or financing or listed terrorist organizations.
a political/religious/ideological act that causes physical damage to property or harms/kills a person or endangers their life.
I suppose endangering a life is potentially grounds for a terrorism charge but unless the Crown had evidence to prove people were actually planning to act, based on her videos or writing, they would have a very hard time proving their case.
If she was to actually single out individuals with her threats then it would be a much easier to prove assault.
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Romana Didulo is NOT the new Commander-in-Chief of Canada
Completely false anti-vaccine 'cease and desist' order prompts complaints to police
Letters being sent to vaccination clinics, pharmacies and health units
When she first read the letter, pharmacist Kristen Watt was inclined to simply laugh it off.
Delivered to Watt's pharmacy in Southhampton, Ont., the letter claims to be written by Romana Didulo, a Victoria, B.C., woman who has falsely proclaimed herself in online videos to be "our newly appointed head of state, commander-in-chief" and the "head of the government of Canada."
This is a photo of the letter sent to Kristen's Pharmacy in Southampton, Ont. Letters similar or identical have been delivered to vaccination clinics, police stations and businesses across southwestern Ontario. (Kristen Watt/Twitter)
The letter includes the false statement that all "former COVID-19 measures" are "null and void." It also makes further outlandish claims and requests, including a demand for an immediate stop to the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and other measures aimed at curtailing the pandemic.
"I chuckled at first," said Watt, whose pharmacy serves a community on the shores of Lake Huron about 40 kilometres west of Owen Sound. "Obviously there's no standing for this 'We the people' letter.'"
No standing but there is a following. The same letter, or ones very similar to it, have been delivered to businesses, police stations and health care providers across southwestern Ontario and in other parts of Canada. The letter says anyone who doesn't comply with its demands is committing "crimes against humanity."
While the letter clearly has no authority, Watt consulted anti-hate experts who implored her to file a complaint about it to police.
Most concerning is that Didulo has, in some videos posted online, promised to endorse the carrying out of death penalties under her own baseless self-appointed authority for those who don't comply with her demands to end COVID-19 restrictions and stop vaccine distribution. In one video, Didulo promises to sign off on these executions following some kind of military tribunal.
"There is a possibility for followers to be motived by extremists and that might be detrimental to myself or my business and that's why I filed a police report," said Watt.
Peter Smith is an investigative journalist with the Canadian Anti-Hate network. He's been closely watching Didulo's online activity and how it's being received. He posted about her actions on the group's website. He was also quoted in a Vice story that takes a deep look at Didulo and her online activity.
'Grim underlying element'
Smith said Didulo was virtually unknown until this spring, when her posts railing against COVID-19 vaccinations began to be re-shared with followers of QAnon, a baseless conspiracy theory that paints former U.S. president Donald Trump as a warrior against a supposed child-trafficking ring run by celebrities and "deep state" government officials.
"Anybody could really be Didulo and post things like this," said Smith. "But the main concern is that she's mobilizing these people very quickly into handing out these 'cease and desist' orders. The subtext is if you don't listen to them, you're slated to executed at some point. There is a grim underlying element to all of this."
In one online post, Didulo claims to be the queen of Canada, an authority she says was transferred to her by "white hats" in the U.S. military. That post and others have been re-shared on other online platforms, such as the video-sharing website Bitchute, which appears to have almost no content restrictions.
In addition to spouting various conspiracy theories and anti-vaccination views, Didulo also claims to be the leader of something called the Canada1st Party of Canada, which Smith said is not a registered political party.
Smith said after a sharp spike in followers this spring, her growth appears to have plateaued.
However he said the main concern isn't her posts, but how they're inspiring others.
Smith shared with CBC News screen grabs from various online forums where others are vowing to deliver the letter to locations such as the vaccination clinic at Western Fair. The Middlesex-London Health Unit confirmed they've received one of the letters and have since filed a complaint with police.
"Discovering that she is not the Queen of Canada will not end the movement or the network she has built," said Smith.
QAnon’s “Queen of Canada” is organizing harassment on streets across the country
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GUEST: Peter Smith, journalist, Canadian Anti-Hate Network
Her real name is Romana Didulo, and over the past few months her following has grown to tens of thousands. And she's putting them to use in real life—handing out cease and desist "orders" to authorities and businesses across the country. The penalty she promises for not complying and removing all Covid-19 restrictions is death.
Obviously, Didulo's claims are ridiculous, and completely false. There's zero truth to anything associated with her. But when organizations that work to combat extremism see a new figure rise to prominence and begin to immediately take their goals off the internet and into the streets ... they get very worried.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3dxy7/qanons-queen-of-canada-is-raising-serious-cash-on-gofunde
QAnon’s Queen of Canada Is Raising Serious Cash on GoFundMe
The followers of a woman they believe to be the execution-happy secret Queen of Canada have donated over $50,000 to her campaign for wildfire victims.
Romana Didulo, the woman at the centre of a QAnon-adjacent conspiracy that revolves around her being secretly put in control of Canada by Donald Trump, has raised $54,040 of her $25,000,000 goal. The campaign only lists Didulo and does not indicate where exactly the money would be going.
Instead, it simply says, “Hi, I am Queen Romana of Canada. I am Fundraising to build Homes for Families in BC, Canada who lost their Homes to BC wildfire.”
Didulo also made a video to confirm to her audience she’s not receiving money. “It’s not being used for other reasons, OK,” she said in the video. “And no, our Telegram account has not been hacked.”
A spokesperson GoFundMe intially told VICE World News they were reviewing the campaign and had frozen the funds. Following the publication of the article, GoFundMe deleted the campaign.
”The fundraiser has been removed from the platform because it violated GoFundMe Terms of Service, and all donors will be fully refunded,” a spokesperson said. “The organizer has also been banned from using the GoFundMe platform for any future fundraisers.”
Didulo was thrust into prominence in the spring by several well-known QAnon figures who “confirmed” her status as Queen of Canada. They believe she is fighting a secret war against a pedophilic cabal currently controlling the country. She has a small but active fanbase, which has spent considerable time sending out cease and desist notices to businesses and people telling them to stop following all COVID-19 regulations or else they’re contravening her rule; she’s implied that those who break her law will be executed. (This reporter has received one of these cease and desist letters.)
Didulo pushed the fundraiser several times on her popular Telegram page. She wrote that 18 people, dubbed “guardians,” are working with her to find applicants for the funds. Some of their tasks include taking screenshots of the campaign every day and setting up a private Telegram account where they can vet followers who apply.
VICE World News reached out to Didulo through the GoFundMe Page and didn’t receive a response. People who donated sizable amounts to the campaign likewise didn’t respond.
Several of the donations had comments about Didulo or featured the popular QAnon saying “WWG1WGA” (where we go one we go all) but others were simply focused on the fire. Multiple people donated $1,000 to Didulo and one person even donated $10,000.
Numerous GoFundMe pages were set up for wildfire relief in British Columbia as the province is in the midst of one of the worst seasons in recent memory. The company even set up a homepage to allow people easier access to campaigns (Didulo’s was not on this list).
Several blogs, which are anti-Didulo, have popped up urging people not to donate to her. Some of these people even donated to her in order to warn others not to donate to her.
“This is a grift, and you are funding Queen Didulo’s new home... watch yourself,” wrote one person who donated $5.
One of the main reasons Didulo is popular is she believes her enemies and anyone who threatens her followers and the QAnon movement should be killed. Her followers typically react to the threats with great enthusiasm.
She recently posted a cease and desist notice to “all farmers” whom she believes are intentionally destroying crops and livestock to create a famine, and vowed to execute them.
“The Penalty for crimes against humanity in Canada is DEATH,” it reads. “Furthermore, your Farms will be seized and transferred to men/women farmers who have demonstrated their pure intentions to sustain human life on earth.”
Many reacted to the threat to kill the farmers with heart, praying, or first bump emojis.
Didulo has railed against other QAnon or conspiracy figures in Canada who have attempted to raise money off their supporters. She also routinely posts about how powerful she is and how she’s in touch with a “galactic federation” that can make it rain.
While many followers support the wildfire fundraiser, others are calling Didulo’s legitimacy into question. One former supporter was so irate they made a half-hour video about it.
“There is so much new technology available to us,” the person said, referring to fantastical ideas about weather machines. “And here we are doing a little GoFundMe and squeezing money out of Canadians to go buy lumber and build new houses. It just doesn’t make sense.”
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Woman who claims to be secret queen of Canada develops following among QAnon devotees, report says
A conspiracy theorist who claims to be the queen of Canada has reportedly gained thousands of followers online, many of whom are trying to stop the proliferation of Covid vaccinations.
According to Vice, Romana Didulo – a British-Colombian woman who is reportedly in her 50s – is followed by 20,000 users of Telegram, a messaging platform favoured by the far-right and QAnon figures.
In an introductory video on Telegram, Ms Didulo reportedly called herself “the founder and leader of Canada1st”, a fringe political party and “the head of state and commander in chief of Canada, the Republic”.
Canada’s actual head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, has been executed, according to the conspiracy theorist and her followers on Telegram.
Ms Didulo added that she was appointed as Queen by “the same group of people who have helped president Trump”, in an apparent reference to the Capitol riot in January.
According to Vice, her posts on Telegram were soon noticed by figures within the QAnon conspiracy movement, members of whom were accused of taking part in the rioting in the name of Donald Trump.
Because Romana Didulo is an anagram for “I Am Our Donald”, many of her followers believe her allegations are true, reported Vice.
She also claims to be carrying out executions in secret – in apparent reference to QAnon.
“It’s their endorsement that seems to have been the cause of all of this,” said Pete Smith, a journalist for the Canadian Anti-Hate Network of the QAnon figures. “Without them, I don’t believe that there is a Canada1st party like we’re seeing right now."
In recent weeks Ms Didulo has called for Canadians to send cease and desist orders to stop businesses and schools from carrying out Covid vaccinations, or complying with mask mandates – and other demands.
Vice obtained video footage of seemingly ordinary Canadians hanging out a PDF cease and desist order shared by Ms Didulos followers, in the hope of carrying out her demands.
"The speed with which her audience has grown and then how quickly they have become active on the street in real life is extremely significant”, added Mr Smith.
A QAnon influencer, reportedly with more than 30,000 followers online, said of the secret Queen of Canada: “God bless her; Canada needs somebody like that.”
Images of the cease and desist orders have also appeared on social media, to the disbelief of Canadians, one of whom tweeted: “Stupid is everywhere, wtf is this?”