[1] As a result of a daubing swastikas on the gateposts of prominent Jewish leaders in Toronto, Beattie was sent to prison for six months having been convicted of public mischief.
[4] In a 1966 Playboy Magazine interview, American Nazi Party founder George Lincoln Rockwell referred to Beattie as leading, "a tremendous and successful movement" in Canada.
[5] After changing the group's name to the National Socialist Party, Beattie created a recorded telephone message line.
[4] Beattie was to be a key witness for Paul Fromm during the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal concerning Holocaust denier Ernst Zündel in 2000.
"[8] Beattie, who has since worked as a paralegal,[9] has re-created the British People's League, which claims to promote and protect "our ancient cultural traditions, as a powerful lobby force.