MONTREAL - A website that highlights black criminal suspects in Quebec is now itself a target to be shut down.

The Canadian Human Rights Commission agreed to start an inquiry into the website, dossiernoir.blogspot.com, after the Montreal-based Centre for Research-Action on Race Relations lodged a complaint last week.

CRARR also made a complaint to Montreal police, who referred the matter to a Crown prosecutor.

This site is reminiscent of the Ku Klux Klan,'' said Fo Niemi, executive director of CRARR. ''It says anything bad that happens to a white person is because of someone who is black.''

Niemi said the site violates sections of the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code of Canada that forbid hate speech.

Richard Warman, an Ottawa human rights lawyer, said the Internet is now the frontline for white supremacist and terrorist propaganda.

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In the meantime, the commission advised Niemi to try to get Dossier Noir shut down through the Canadian Association of Internet Providers. Niemi said a CRARR staffer was preparing a formal request to the group to shut down the site.

Barry Gander, the association's vice-president of communications, said Sunday he was not familiar with Dossier Noir, but confirmed sites have been shut down in co-operation with the sites' hosts.
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