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1/9 An anti-racist protestor stands in the Centennial Flame. Ashley Fraser/Postmedia 2/9 Stéphane Roch of La Meute (Wolf Pack) addresses the collection of Anti-Muslim protestors on Sunday. Ashley Fraser/Postmedia 3/9 When protesters pushed past police lines, multiple arrests were made. Ashley Fraser/Postmedia 4/9 Anti-Muslim and anti-racist protestors voiced their views on Parliament Hill. Ashley Fraser/Postmedia 5/9 Anti-racist protesters knelt O Canada was performed on Parliament Hill. Ashley Fraser/Postmedia 6/9 Clashes between anti racist protestors and the RCMP happened when protesters pushed past police lines, leading to multiple arrests. Ashley Fraser/Postmedia 7/9 Stéphane Roch of La Meute (Wolf Pack) speaks with a Chinese-Canadian during the protest on Sunday afternoon. Ashley Fraser/Postmedia 8/9 Clashes between anti-racist protestors and the RCMP happened when protesters pushed past police lines, leading to multiple arrests. Ashley Fraser/Postmedia 9/9 Anti-racist counter protestors were met with a wall of RCMP officers as they tried to move outside their designated area. Ashley Fraser/Postmedia Previous Image Next Image

The group, an unlikely ally for the far right, was met with counter protesters from anti-fascist and anti-racist groups, many of whom covered their faces as they protested.

A man who identified himself as “Yuanyuan” said, “There are some out-of-town conservative Chinese racists and they are collaborating basically with some white nationalist groups here in Canada. As a Chinese Canadian, I’m pretty ashamed about that. That’s why I’m here.”

The large Asian group, with members coming from Toronto and Vancouver to join members of the Ottawa Chinese-Canadian community, chartered buses for the event.

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“We want to oppose them,” Yuanyuan said. “We don’t want them on our Hill saying they get to represent Canadian values. We know that their rhetoric is basically trying to normalize violence against minorities and marginalized folk. It’s not really a discussion about whether or not multiculturalism is good or not. We know that they stand for genocide.”

About 100 anti-racist protesters — while denouncing white supremacy and chanting about how welcome Muslims are — also repeatedly screamed “f-ck the police.”

Providing security for the Asian protesters were several anti-immigration, ultranationalist groups such as Quebec’s La Meute —or Wolf Pack — and the Northern Guard. Several Proud Boys — a far-right men’s group — were also in attendance.

La Meute’s Stéphane Roch said his members — of which there are 42,000 in Quebec — were in Ottawa to support the Chinese community.