A Winnipeg man who was arrested and told police, “My tongue could get cut off and I would still say these things,” has pleaded guilty to hate propaganda charges over social media posts. Jason Paul Rindall, in his mid-50s, was arrested in February after Manitoba RCMP launched an investigation into threatening messages posted on the social media platform X. On Thursday, Rindall pleaded guilty to advocating genocide and promoting hatred of the Muslim and Jewish community in the Provincial Court of Manitoba. A charge of uttering threats to Prime Minister Mark Carney to cause death was stayed by the Crown. Court heard Rindall created the public X account under a pseudonym in February 2025. By April, his posts had caught the attention of Ottawa RCMP, who launched an investigation into the account — which had just over 200 followers — to determine his identity. “Although the accused posted on a wide range of topics, the content was predominantly anti-government, anti-Muslim, anti-immigration and pro-white,” Crown attorney Vanessa Gama told court, reading from an agreed statement of facts. She said several posts were directed at Carney. Gama did not quote directly from the posts, telling court that more details would be provided at Rindall’s sentencing hearing, once there is “further context from the impact that (his) hate speech causes to communities.” “It’s a fine balancing act between the court having what they need to properly sentence Mr. Rindall and … placing it out in open court and not being able to control the dissemination of the hate speech without any further context,” Gama said. She said investigators believed Rindall lived in Winnipeg based on his social media comments, though Ottawa RCMP was unable to determine who was behind the account. Ottawa RCMP continued monitoring the account until January, Gama said, when Rindall posted “threatening statements” toward Carney. Court heard RCMP assessed this as “an escalation and elevation of risk,” and the investigation was handed to the Manitoba RCMP’s National Security Enforcement Section, which was able to link Rindall to the account. “The posts also included adverse comments towards the Canadian government and law enforcement, while also demonstrating a white supremacist and misogynistic sentiment,” Gama said. Rindall also called for a civil war, violence and claimed to possess guns, court heard. Between Feb. 24, 2025, and Feb. 12, 2026, Rindall posted multiple messages advocating for the genocide of Muslims, “by killing members of the group, or deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction,” Gama said. Court heard the comments also included calls to burn down mosques. Gama said Rindall also made posts amounting to “wilfully promoting hatred” against Muslim and Jewish people between March 2025 and January 2026. In one message, court heard, he said, “Hitler was on to something,” and in another, that “North America needs de-Jewification.” He also made posts “self-identifying as a racist.” Gama said Rindall frequently used hashtags — such as #civilwar and #immigrants, among others — to increase his posts’ visibility and reach. Rindall was arrested on February 13 and admitted to police to authoring the posts, Gama said. “He reiterated his racist beliefs and asserted that he is entitled to ‘free speech’” in a statement to police the day he was arrested, Gama said. “He stated that he didn’t believe the laws against this type of hate speech should exist and that he should be entitled to post whatever he wishes. He said, ‘If I can think it, I can say it.’” A search warrant executed at his home a month after his arrest found no firearms, despite multiple posts in which he claimed to be in possession of them. Rindall remains in custody and will be sentenced at a later date. Neither the Crown nor his legal counsel proposed a sentence. Court records indicate he was convicted of assault over a decade ago but has no prior hate propaganda convictions.
