A Nazi, introduced as a “war hero” who fought during World War II against the Soviet Union for the First Ukrainian Division, was honored in Canada’s House of Commons during Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Parliament. Yaroslav Hunka was given a big round of applause by Canada’s MP’s. The Associated Press reported that “Zelenskyy raised his fist in acknowledgement as Hunka saluted from the gallery during two separate standing ovations.”
“The First Ukrainian Division was also known as the Waffen-SS Galicia Division or the SS 14th Waffen Division, a voluntary unit that was under the command of the Nazis.”
The embarrassment which has come to characterize Canada under Trudeau led to mockery:
This Toronto Sun front-page headline is hilarious pic.twitter.com/aQ7U3VHvFZ
— The Pleb 🇨🇦 Reporter (@truckdriverpleb) September 25, 2023
According to Fox News, the “Speaker of the House has apologized and accepted full responsibility for issuing the invitation and for the recognition in Parliament.”
Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre held Trudeau accountable for the fiasco, stating:
This is an appalling error in judgement on the part of Justin Trudeau, whose personal protocol office is responsible for arranging and vetting all guests and programming for state visits of this kind. No parliamentarians (other than Justin Trudeau) had the opportunity to vet this individual’s past before he was introduced and honoured on the floor of the House of Commons. Without warning or context, it was impossible for any parliamentarian in the room (other than Mr. Trudeau) to know of this dark past.
Now Jewish groups are demanding an apology.
“Jewish group demands apology after MPs honoured man who fought for Nazis,” by Sarah Ritchie, The Star, September 24, 2023:
OTTAWA – Several Jewish advocacy organizations condemned members of Parliament on Sunday for giving a standing ovation to a man who fought for a Nazi unit during the Second World War.
During Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to Ottawa on Friday, MPs honoured 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka, who fought for the First Ukrainian Division, in the House of Commons.
Hunka was invited by Speaker Anthony Rota, who introduced him.
“I am very proud to say that he is from North Bay and from my riding of Nipissing—Timiskaming,” the Ontario MP said.
“He is a Ukrainian hero, a Canadian hero, and we thank him for all his service.”
MPs cheered and Zelenskyy raised his fist in acknowledgement as Hunka saluted from the gallery during two separate standing ovations.
The First Ukrainian Division was also known as the Waffen-SS Galicia Division or the SS 14th Waffen Division, a voluntary unit that was under the command of the Nazis.
The Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies issued a statement Sunday saying the division “was responsible for the mass murder of innocent civilians with a level of brutality and malice that is unimaginable.”….
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I don’t support the blank check that we have been giving Ukraine since last year. That said, as far as both the Ukrainians and the Poles go, there was little to choose b/w the Nazis and the Soviets. While the Nazis ravaged Poland and later Ukraine, the Soviets did the Katyn forest massacre and before Operation Barbarossa, they did the Holodomor
So people can rant all they like about the Ukrainian support to the Nazis, including today’s Azov battalion, but while I condemn the anti-Semitism (which both Hitler & Stalin exhibited), I don’t completely blame the Ukrainians for having an ex-Nazi decorated. History is complicated, which is why you see that even today, you find ordinary Ukrainian freedom fighters fighting alongside Nazis
One reason why we didn’t have to choose a side, or try growing either EU or NATO into Ukraine. In fact, as long as we didn’t – until 2014, there were no tensions b/w Moscow and Kyiv
Jack Reynolds says
The issue of Ukrainians supporting Germany in WW-2 is VERY CLOUDY. Case in point …
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How many Italians fought on the side of the Nazis during WW-2 ???
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Ezra Levant apparently has a poor knowledge of European History, and would be wise to stick to Canadian and US politics.
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࿗Infidel࿘ says
Somewhat apples to oranges. Italy voluntarily, as a sovereign country, picked Germany’s side. Ukrainians, otoh, reeling from the Holodomor, hated the Soviets and so sided w/ the Nazis when Operation Barbarossa was launched
bill says
The Ukrainians greeted the Whermacht as liberators from the USSR. They soon found out that the Nazis were just as bad or even worse than the Russians. However as he was clearly on the wrong side I am puzzled as to why he is being honoured and not tried as a war criminal.
Jack Reynolds says
The issue of Ukrainians supporting Germany in WW-2 is VERY CLOUDY. Case in point …
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How many Italians fought on the side of the Nazis during WW-2 ???
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Ezra Levant apparently has a poor knowledge of European History, and would be wise to stick to Canadian and US politics.
.
Hoi Polloi says
And the ADL has what to say?
Silence?
Bexarkat says
ADL is useless…they do not speak for this Jew.
Bexarkat says
So…Putin WAS right!!
FYI says
And the Zelensky puppet show continues.The Globalist elite are so impatient to start WW3.Who REALLY wants a war?The West and NATO.Not that the Russians are innocent or the Ukrainian govt but this war could surely have been prevented and loss of life averted.
Zelensky,always dressed for combat{ despite not actually being in any actual combat}..and most certainly being a well paid actor{CIA?nah surely not}
“C’mon let’s do this!let’s start WW3..big Russian bear attacks innocent ukraine{claps from audience}..more weapons please..more $$$ needed..ah for faq’s sake..why is it taking so long to start WW3..c’mon let’s do this..”
E T says
Ha ha ha Your comment reminds me of a political candidate, supposedly a clever man, Harvard, MIT, London School of Economics, “educated” man, showing up at a farmers black tie dinner in blue jeans and a plaid shirt. “All the world’s a stage”.
FYI says
The Good,the Bad and the completely innocent{which is the Leftist MSM narrative}
The Good=the West,NATO
The Bad=the Russians
The Completely innocent=The Ukrainians and Zelensky and his government.
The west and NATO are corrupt,the Russians are demonized to a ridiculous degree and are not quite as bad as the lying media in the west insist and the Ukrainians were doing bad things to Russians in East Ukraine BEFORE the Russians invaded.
Nobody’s innocent in this engineered war except the civilians caught up in it.
Westman says
Exactly, no innocence except for the families who lost their loved ones and their homes.
Best money Linsey Graham ever spent, he says. Maybe 700,000 men have died in this war and a wail of grief is going up from the continent. Evil is reigning and the jokers are laughing.
tgusa says
“Jewish group demands apology after MPs honoured man who fought for Nazis,”
Apologies wont fix stupid which is what we in Western countries are dealing with among our so-called leadership. But keep demanding and while you are at it go out and bark at the Moon to help with forest fire prevention.
Westman says
A vision of seals clapping on Trudeau’s cue. We’re all being played for suckers by the Global Elites of which Trudeau is one.
And his impassioned speech? It sounded like Fidel Castro. Put a beard on Trudeau and he even looks like Castro.
There is only one way that Ukraine wins and that is with US troops on the ground. Even then, we might lose with our woke army.
Major Tom says
8 billion Canadian tax dollars to the Ukraine while the Canadian Armed Forces and veterans are ignored……..What a lovely money laundering scheme while a Nazi is honored in the House of Commons…..
E T says
This is the government that gave the Muslim Association millions to help their fight against Islamophobia. Remember M-103, Justine’s hate speech motion?
Fast forward to The Canadian leader of the terror group, Hibz ut-Tahrir, Mazin Abdul-Adhim, speaking about why Muslims in Canada do not celebrate Remembrance Day.
“During WW11, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem met with Hitler in Germany to discuss the elimination of the Jews……Muslim troops served in the Waffen SS on the Eastern Front and assisted in the “Final Solution”. That is why we don’t celebrate Remembrance Day, because we would be remembering their soldiers who killed millions of Muslims.”
Shocking, methinks not. Perhaps IF more Canadians were to turn off CBC, CTV, Global, and refrain from reading some of the government supported propaganda so called newspapers……
“Take up our quarrel with the foe
To you with flailing hands we throw
The torch, be yours, to hold it high
Lest he break FAITH with us who die”
Phil Copson says
The Left idolise the Nazi George Soros – who has no regrets about his time serving as a teenager with an SS unit and betraying Hungarian Jews, and merely commented that “If I hadn’t – somebody else would have done.” – so the Left have plenty of form for this kind of behaviour.
(This comment was made during an interview he gave maybe 20 years ago: The interview was posted by some public-spirited person on Youtube though I expect that his little mates in the media will have taken it down long ago.)
KoshsShadow says
The Left charges anyone criticizing Soros with antiSemitism. So, if criticizing someone who does not identify as a Jew, and was perfectly fine taking property from his “fellow” Jews, is antiSemitic, isn’t criticizing actual practicing Jews antiSemetic? So, call out all those leftists criticizing Netanyaju, ben-Gvir, and others as Jew haters too.
OLD GUY says
Russia and China know how to hurt America. Bleed us dry supporting wars and foreign governments around the world. You can’t win these fights unless you are willing to take the actions necessary to win. These off shore wars are a money pit and with all the countries involved losing except for the military industry.
E T says
Old Guy May move to the front of the class.
Pete says
Turdo and his clan of bleeding heart Liberals makes it embarrassing to call myself a Canadian.
E T says
The Speaker of the House has resigned, now let’s see Justine and Chrystia Freeland resign.
And then let’s have an inquiry into the Covid calamity
gravenimage says
Canadian MP’s give standing ovation to prominent Nazi during Zelensky visit to Ottawa
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Yes, this was embarassing on Canada’s part. I doubt that Presidenrt Zelensky knew who he was, though, and assumed that he had been vetted by Canada.