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In March 2016 retired Canadian soldier Oksana Kuzyshyn spoke at an event titled “A Canadian’s experience training the AZOV Battalion to NATO standards”.<ref name="ucpbacalgary.ca">https://ucpbacalgary.ca/event/march-31-2016-one-canadians-experience-training-the-azov-batallion-to-nato-standards/</ref>  One month earlier “nearly 200 officer cadets and professors of Canada’s Royal Military College” attended a screening of Ukrainians/Les Ukrainiens: God's Volunteer Battalion, which praised fascist militias fighting in the [[Donbas]].<ref name="ucpbacalgary.ca"/>

In March 2016 retired Canadian soldier Oksana Kuzyshyn spoke at an event titled “A Canadian’s experience training the AZOV Battalion to NATO standards”.<ref name="ucpbacalgary.ca">https://ucpbacalgary.ca/event/march-31-2016-one-canadians-experience-training-the-azov-batallion-to-nato-standards/</ref>  One month earlier “nearly 200 officer cadets and professors of Canada’s Royal Military College” attended a screening of Ukrainians/Les Ukrainiens: God's Volunteer Battalion, which praised fascist militias fighting in the [[Donbas]].<ref name="ucpbacalgary.ca"/>

 

Since U.S. and Canadian backed ultranationalists overthrew [[democracy|democratically]] elected President [[Viktor Yanukovych]] in the 2014 Maidan coup, Canadian politicians have spoken alongside and marched with Canadian members of Ukraine's [[Pravy Sektor]],<ref>http://theleftchapter.blogspot.com/2016/09/what-is-far-right-organisation-right.html</ref> which said it was “defending the values of white, Christian Europe against the loss of the nation and deregionalisation.”<ref>https://mondediplo.com/2014/03/02ukraine</ref>  Pravy Sektor has been implicated in the [[Odessa Trade Unions House massacre]] wherein at least 46 ethnic Russians were burnt alive by Maidan fascists.  The black and red flag of Pravy Sektor is based on the Nazi-era "bloods and soil" flag.  

Since U.S. and Canadian backed ultranationalists overthrew [[democracy|democratically]] elected President [[Viktor Yanukovych]] in the 2014 Maidan coup, Canadian politicians have spoken alongside and marched with Canadian members of Ukraine's [[Pravy Sektor]],<ref>http://theleftchapter.blogspot.com/2016/09/what-is-far-right-organisation-right.html</ref> which said it was “defending the values of white, Christian Europe against the loss of the nation and deregionalisation.”<ref>https://mondediplo.com/2014/03/02ukraine</ref>  Pravy Sektor has been implicated in the [[Odessa Trade Unions House massacre]] wherein at least 46 ethnic Russians were burnt alive by Maidan fascists.  The black and red flag of Pravy Sektor is based on the Nazi-era "bloods and soil" flag.  

Alongside the U.S., Canada has funded, equipped and trained the neo-Nazi infiltrated National Police of Ukraine (NPU), which was founded after the democratically Yanukovych was overthrown. A former deputy commander of the Azov Battalion, Vadim Troyan had a series of senior positions in the NPU, including acting chief.<ref>https://yvesengler.com/2020/03/01/neo-nazis-arrest-highlights-ottawas-support-for-ukrainian-far-right/</ref>

Alongside the U.S., Canada has funded, equipped and trained the neo-Nazi infiltrated National Police of Ukraine (NPU), which was founded after the democratically Yanukovych was overthrown. A former deputy commander of the Azov Battalion, Vadim Troyan had a series of senior positions in the NPU, including acting chief.<ref>https://yvesengler.com/2020/03/01/neo-nazis-arrest-highlights-ottawas-support-for-ukrainian-far-right/</ref>

 

Efraim Zuroff, the Director of the [[Simon Wiesenthal|Simon Wiesenthal Center]] in [[Israel]], denounced Canadian troops for training neo-Nazi fighters in Ukraine, saying Ottawa has a responsibility to prevent such things from happening.  “The Government of Canada did not exercise due diligence” Ephraim Zuroff told ''Citizen'' of Ottawa. “There is no doubt that there are neo-Nazis in Ukraine in various forms, whether in the Azov Regiment or other organizations."<ref>https://www.b92.net/eng/news/world.php?yyyy=2022&mm=04&dd=14&nav_id=113531</ref>

Efraim Zuroff, the Director of the [[Simon Wiesenthal|Simon Wiesenthal Center]] in [[Israel]], denounced Canadian troops for training neo-Nazi fighters in Ukraine, saying Ottawa has a responsibility to prevent such things from happening.  “The Government of Canada did not exercise due diligence” Ephraim Zuroff told ''Citizen'' of Ottawa. “There is no doubt that there are neo-Nazis in Ukraine in various forms, whether in the Azov Regiment or other organizations."<ref>https://www.b92.net/eng/news/world.php?yyyy=2022&mm=04&dd=14&nav_id=113531</ref>

During his trip to Ukraine in 2016 Justin Trudeau was photographed with Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Andriy Parubiy, who had a background with the ultranationalists and was accused of praising [[Hitler]].<ref>https://www.mondialisation.ca/meet-andriy-parubiy-the-former-neo-nazi-leader-turned-speaker-of-ukraines-parliament/5520502</ref>  In ''Canada is Not Back: How Justin Trudeau is in Over His Head on Foreign Policy'', Jocelyn Coulon, who was a member of Trudeau's International Affairs Council of Advisers and then an adviser to former foreign minister Stephane Dion, described how the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) sabotaged efforts to lessen tension with Russia. “Dion’s determination to restore relations with Russia quickly came up against pro Ukrainian pressure groups,” he wrote.

During his trip to Ukraine in 2016 Justin Trudeau was photographed with Ukrainian Parliament Speaker [[Andriy Parubiy]], who had a background with the ultranationalists and was accused of praising [[Hitler]].<ref>https://www.mondialisation.ca/meet-andriy-parubiy-the-former-neo-nazi-leader-turned-speaker-of-ukraines-parliament/5520502</ref>  In ''Canada is Not Back: How Justin Trudeau is in Over His Head on Foreign Policy'', Jocelyn Coulon, who was a member of Trudeau's International Affairs Council of Advisers and then an adviser to former foreign minister Stephane Dion, described how the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) sabotaged efforts to lessen tension with Russia. “Dion’s determination to restore relations with Russia quickly came up against pro Ukrainian pressure groups,” he wrote.

To a large extent Ottawa and Washington view the Ukraine as a proxy to weaken Russia. As part of this geopolitical competition, they've backed neo-Nazi militia members fighting the independent [[Donbas]] republics.<ref>https://mronline.org/2021/11/13/military-knows-it-looks-bad-but-works-with-neo-nazis-anyway/</ref>

To a large extent Ottawa and Washington view the Ukraine as a proxy to weaken Russia. As part of this geopolitical competition, they've backed neo-Nazi militia members fighting the independent [[Donbas]] republics.<ref>https://mronline.org/2021/11/13/military-knows-it-looks-bad-but-works-with-neo-nazis-anyway/</ref>