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| | {{See also|Russia-Ukraine war}} | | {{See also|Russia-Ukraine war}} |
| − | [[File:Trudeau Parubiy.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Justin Trudeau meeting with neo-Nazi party founder Andriy Parubiy.<ref>https://tnc.news/2022/03/15/trudeau-freeland-met-with-ukrainian-neo-nazi-party-cofounder/</ref>]] | + | [[File:Volodymyr Zelensky, Justin Trudeau, and Chrystia Freeland applaud Yaroslav Hunka of the Waffen SS Galicia Division during a session of the Canadian Parliament September 24 2023.PNG|right|300|thumb|[[Volodymyr Zelensky]], [[Justin_Trudeau#Support_for_Nazism|Justin Trudeau]], and [[Chrystia Freeland]] applaud Yaroslav Hunka of the [[Waffen SS Galicia Division]] during a session of the Canadian Parliament, September 24, 2023.]] |
| | 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> |
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| | 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. |
| − | [[File:Volodymyr Zelensky, Justin Trudeau, and Chrystia Freeland applaud Yaroslav Hunka of the Waffen SS Galicia Division during a session of the Canadian Parliament September 24 2023.PNG|right|300|thumb|[[Volodymyr Zelensky]], [[Justin_Trudeau#Support_for_Nazism|Justin Trudeau]], and [[Chrystia Freeland]] applaud Yaroslav Hunka of the [[Waffen SS Galicia Division]] during a session of the Canadian Parliament, September 24, 2023.]]
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| | 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 Great Britain during [[World War II]]. The [[Allies of World War II]], including Canada, fought the armed forces of the [[Third Reich]]. As an ally of [[Nazi Germany]], Hunka and the [[14th SS Galicia Division]] took part in numerous massacres of Ukrainian, Jewish, Polish and [[Slovak]] civilians. 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 Great Britain during [[World War II]]. The [[Allies of World War II]], including Canada, fought the armed forces of the [[Third Reich]]. As an ally of [[Nazi Germany]], Hunka and the [[14th SS Galicia Division]] took part in numerous massacres of Ukrainian, Jewish, Polish and [[Slovak]] civilians. More than 45,000 Canadians were killed fighting Nazi forces. |
| − | | + | [[File:Trudeau Parubiy.PNG|left|300px|thumb|Justin Trudeau meeting with neo-Nazi party founder Andriy Parubiy.<ref>https://tnc.news/2022/03/15/trudeau-freeland-met-with-ukrainian-neo-nazi-party-cofounder/</ref>]] |
| | 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. | | 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. |
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