Federal officials in other departments have also continued to warn Canadian Heritage that the inclusion of Nazi collaborators on the memorial would cause international embarrassment. “It is important to note that many anti-communist and anti-Soviet advocates and fighters were also active Nazi collaborators, who committed documented massacres,” Global Affairs Canada officials warned their counterparts at Canadian Heritage in 2021. Those records were obtained by the Ottawa Citizen using the access-to-information law.
Fun fact: Canada admitted thousands of nazis after the war and allowed them to live unmolested indefinitely afterwards. In fact, flashing your swastika tattoo to a border guard pretty much guaranteed you entry because it proved that you were an anti-communist and would fit in just fine.
60 Minutes: Nazis in Canada 🇨🇦 (1997)
At least 100k iirc some of whom had named participation in the Holocaust.
Yep.
https://jacobin.com/2023/12/canada-ukrainian-nationalists-socialists-history-anti-communism-nazi-collaborators
For contrast: “None Is Too Many” was Canadian immigration policy when it came to Jews trying to escape the Holocaust.
Exactly. Western countries knew what was going on just like they know whats going on in Gaza now. Theres no difference between the nazis and the rest of the west.
Ah, yes. Liberalism. The good guys.
well I mean gosh what else are you going to be, a TANKIE???
One of them was Chrystia Freeland’s grandfather. He worked directly under Goebbels.
Which, to be fair, would be no big deal if she disavowed his beliefs, but AFAIK she has refused to do that.
Well he taught her everything about being a journalist. How can you disavow someone you learn so much from?
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: