Liberal Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon testified the Ukraine Canadian Congress (UCC) is to blame for the VIP treatment of former Waffen SS soldier Yaroslav Hunka, per Blacklock’s Reporter.
In September, Hunka, 98, of North Bay, ON, was introduced to the House of Commons as a “Canadian hero” and received a standing ovation by all MPs and dignitaries present. The same week Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Office invited Hunka to a “special event” held by the UCC in Toronto.
“The past history of this gentleman was unknown to us all,” MacKinnon told the House of Commons Affairs Committee on Tuesday, adding it was a “horrible incident” and “a terrible error.”
“The name of the individual we are discussing in these proceedings was submitted by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress,” MacKinnon told the committee.
The UCC, founded in 1940, is a nonprofit umbrella organization consisting of Ukrainians who have immigrated to Canada. It “represents the Ukrainian Canadian community before the people and Government of Canada,” its website states, and includes “all the national, provincial and local Ukrainian Canadian organizations.”
“There is no central authority that examines the political leanings of our citizens here,” testified MacKinnon.
Bloc Québécois MP Marie-Hélène Gaudreau responded, “No, but a Google search should have raised a red flag.”
“I don’t understand how it could have happened,” said Gaudreau. “ (more...)
Trudeau Liberals blame Ukrainians for VIP treatment of Nazi
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