Canadian flag with swastika placed outside Ontario hospital

On Tuesday, A Canadian flag with a swastika replacing the maple leaf was found on Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare property in Windsor, Ontario, according to AM 800.

The sign was found in a garden hear the entrance to the campus, which lies on Prince road.

Hospital staff are concerned that this recent find is connected to a man who has been anonymously contacting Janice Kaffer, the hospital's CEO, since February.

The man, only known as John Doe according to Vice President of External Affairs Bill Marra, has been attacking Kaffer's push during the pandemic for public safety.

"Janice has been out there promoting public health guidelines, encouraging people to stay safe and he's been attacking Janice. We can't prove it, that it's the same individual, but when you consider the references that he's made including a very bizarre reference to Nuremberg and Nazis on trial.," said Marra.

Marra continues to say that the display was "disgusting," and that the hospital has zero tolerance for something like this.

"It's inappropriate. It's offensive and we feel it's harmful for that type of behaviour in what really is a residential neighbourhood as well where there's a number of children and families that live along that street and across the street from where he put that sign," Marra continued.

The police have been notified, although Marra hopes this was a one-off incident. The hospital staff are reviewing security footage to hopefully identify the suspect.

"If it's a one-off, and hopefully it is, then it ends there. If there's continued behaviour, then hopefully there's an opportunity for us to find out who is responsible. We can agree to disagree on certain things, but this is ramped up behaviour. Whoever this person is won't even disclose who they are. So that's certainly behaviour consistent with a coward," he said.