| | Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota welcomed a former officer of the [[14th Waffen SS Galicia Division]] named Yaroslav Hunka to attend an address by Ukrainian dictator [[Volodymyr Zelensky]]. Speaker Rota praised Hunka as a “Canadian hero” for fighting against the [[Soviet Union]], which was an ally of Canada, the United States, and the British Commonwealth during [[World War II]]. The [[Allies of World War II]], including Canada, were fighting the armed forces of [[Nazi Germany]], of which the Hunka and the [[14th SS Galicia Division]] were part. More than 45,000 Canadians were killed fighting Nazi forces. | | Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota welcomed a former officer of the [[14th Waffen SS Galicia Division]] named Yaroslav Hunka to attend an address by Ukrainian dictator [[Volodymyr Zelensky]]. Speaker Rota praised Hunka as a “Canadian hero” for fighting against the [[Soviet Union]], which was an ally of Canada, the United States, and the British Commonwealth during [[World War II]]. The [[Allies of World War II]], including Canada, were fighting the armed forces of [[Nazi Germany]], of which the Hunka and the [[14th SS Galicia Division]] were part. More than 45,000 Canadians were killed fighting Nazi forces. |
| − | Former members of the 14th Galicia Division were still wanted in Ukraine, [[Poland]], [[Belarus]], [[Lithuania]], and the [[Russian Federation]] in 2023 for war crimes during the Second World War Nazi occupation. There is no [[statute of limitations]] for murder. Many Ukrainian Nazi war criminals fled after World War II and were resettled and granted citizenship in the [[UK]], Canada, and the United States. After the German surrender to the Soviet Union in [[Berlin]] on [[Victory Day]], May 9, 1945, many of Ukrainian Nazis who did not flee [[Europe]] fought on against the Soviet Union until 1954, receiving covert aid from the [[CIA]] soon after the CIA's founding in 1947. | + | Former members of the 14th Galicia Division were still wanted in Ukraine, [[Poland]], [[Belarus]], [[Lithuania]], and the [[Russian Federation]] in 2023 for war crimes during the Second World War Nazi occupation. There is no [[statute of limitations]] for murder. Many Ukrainian Nazi war criminals fled [[Europe]] after World War II and were resettled and granted citizenship in the [[UK]], Canada, and the United States. After the German surrender to the Soviet Union in [[Berlin]] on [[Victory Day]], May 9, 1945, many of Ukrainian Nazis who did not flee Europe fought on against the Soviet Union until 1954, receiving covert aid from the [[CIA]] soon after the CIA's founding in 1947. |