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The video footage shows a Canadian Forces soldier with a history of white supremacist activity gleefully declaring in Somalia: “We ain’t killed enough n—–s yet.”

In another video a Canadian soldier involved in the Somalia mission yells, “We’re not racist — we just don’t want n—–s in the Airborne.”

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Twenty-seven years later, the Canadian military has yet to come up with a definition of what is “hateful conduct.”

Senior military leaders say they are working hard on that goal and Department of National Defence sources say new policies could be rolled out as early as the summer.

But until the Canadian Forces can define “hateful conduct” it is hard to discipline soldiers and keep good statistics about how many are involved in white supremacist and far right activities, Brig.-Gen. Sylvain Menard, chief of staff operations for military personnel, told the CBC in a recent interview.

Menard didn’t explain why the Canadian Forces hadn’t, in the 27 years since the problem-filled Somalia mission, come up with a definition of hateful conduct.