Jeremy MacKenzie

Interests and views Jeremy Mitchell MacKenzie is a right-wing activist who created the alt-right group Diagolon, which the House of Commons of Canada reported as a "violent extremist group". He is a firearms enthusiast podcaster.

MacKenzie has stated that there is a race war occurring in the US, that the Nazis were right, and described the Nuremberg Trials as a kangaroo court.

Career MacKenzie joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 2003 and worked as infantryman for the Royal Canadian Regiment, which included a deployment in Afghanistan. He left the army in 2017 with the rank of master corporal.

MacKenzie is present on many social media platforms where he uses variations of the username Raging Dissident.

Canada convoy protest

In early 2022, MacKenzie took part in the Canada convoy protest. In February 2022, he was identified by Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino as a national security risk; Mendicino also identified MacKenzie's Diagolon organization as "a far right extreme organization." Commissioner Paul Rouleau rejected evidence presented by MacKenzie that downplayed the role of Diagolon at the protest and described Diagolon's presence at both the Ottawa and Coutts protests as "the most troubling connection between protest locations" in his concluding report.

Allegations and arrest In January 2022, MacKenzie was charged with 13 firearms-related offences.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) issued a Canada-wide arrest warrant for MacKenzie in July 2022, and he was arrested on September 29, 2022 in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia. MacKenzie was charged with crimes in three provinces, including Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia. MacKenzie fired his lawyer on October 13, 2022. After being held in Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre, bail was set at $10,000,

On May 31, 2023 MacKenzie did not enter a plea to harassing Nova Scotia's chief medical officer, Robert Strang, as the court case was delayed to enable more evidence to be disclosed.

MacKenzie made racist comments and discussed raping Anaida Poilievre (wife of Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre) with podcast guest Alex Vriend, prompting Poilievre to ask the RCMP to investigate.

Second Sons

In 2024, MacKenzie founded Second Sons, a group that describes itself as a "men's nationalist club". Second Sons says its members engage in political activism and fitness training. In July 2026, Second Sons held its second annual national meeting in a rural community hall south of Calgary, where attendees wore masks and participated in military-style drills. The community association that runs the hall said the group did not identify themselves when they booked it. Local residents were concerned to hear of the group's presence.