This article is a very detailed account of a sovereign citizen Canadian group called the Peoples of the Salmon. The group is run by a man who calls himself “Popois.”
“Popois” started the group after suing police officers who charged him for driving without license plates. He has filed so many claims that he was labeled a “vexatious litigant” in 2018, effectively banning him from his continued paper terrorism.
Some of what the group believes will sound familiar to those knowledgeable about sovereigns. They consider the Canadian government a vessel they want to take over; they consider their group to be the de jure government; Canada is a corporation; as sovereigns they are untouchable in the legal system; and you can make yourself untouchable as well by withdrawing your consent, essentially opting out of following the law; and they often cite the Uniform Commercial Code.
What is slightly different about this group, relative to other sovereign citizens, is that they are more organized. In the USA, for instance, sovereigns are decentralized and typically operate individually.
The group is active on social media, including Telegram and has daily meetings, sometimes requesting that individuals pay $1000 in donations to attend webinars from “experts.” It seems that their numbers are growing because of the pandemic; many of them seem to be against covid regulations.
As one expert put it, “the anti-government sovereign citizen movement is an opportunistic infection. If you can find a new host population like the anti-vaxxers, it will infect them as much as possible.”
One question explored in the article is whether these individuals are dangerous. They explicitly say they’re not but one expert makes a good point. “It’s not that they would threaten a country’s institution in any of the ways they claim to… the people who fall prey to the schemes is anyone unfortunate enough to be on the receiving end of a person whose actions are inspired by them.”
Anti-government movements should not be tolerated in any capacity.