It is important to stand up for Canadian values

Dr. Helga Hallgrimsdottir comments on the alt-right movement on CBC's the National.

"I don't think we'd see a repeat of what we saw in Charlottesville in Vancouver," said Helga Hallgrimsdottir, an associate professor at the University of Victoria school of public administration.

"It is important to stand up for Canadian values in this context," said Hallgrimsdottir, who studies hate groups. She doubts Vancouver's rally will look like Virginia's.

Despite a history of racist groups in B.C., she said Canada lacks some of the key ingredients — from chronic unemployment to a history of slavery — that make other countries a "tinder box" for Nazi-style movements.