Barbara Kulaszka (1952/1953 – June 15, 2017) was a Canadian lawyer who practised law in Brighton, Ontario, known for her work with far-right causes, defending alleged Nazi war criminals and Holocaust deniers, and free speech cases.
[1] In 1990, she represented former Nazi rocket scientist Arthur Rudolph when he entered Canada and unsuccessfully sought visitor status when the government ruled he was inadmissible due to his suspected culpability in war crimes.
In 2005, she defended Heritage Front leader Marc Lemire before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal against a complaint filed against him by Richard Warman.
[1] Her memorial service, held in a Toronto Public Library branch in Etobicoke on July 12, 2017, became a source of controversy due to plans to have speeches by white nationalists such as Paul Fromm and former Heritage Front leader Marc Lemire; Jewish and anti-racist groups urging the library to cancel the booking due to fears that it would promote hate speech and Holocaust denial.
– Report of the Evidence in the Canadian "False News" Trial of Ernst Zündel, 1988[1][8] and wrote a second book, The Hate Crimes Law in Canada, 1970–1994: Effects and Operation.