Ottawa has rejected calls to release a secret report containing the names of around 900 alleged war criminals who settled here after the Second World War.
The news was greeted with dismay by Jewish groups, which had joined dozens of leading scholars from around the world asking for the names to be published.
The Globe and Mail was among three organizations to file an access to information request to release Part 2 of the 1986 Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals in Canada led by retired Superior Court of Quebec judge Jules Deschênes. The second half of the report, containing the names of the alleged war criminals, was kept secret.
Library and Archives Canada, which consulted stakeholders for several months on whether to release the names, replied to The Globe on Monday, saying, “the documents you requested were identified, assessed and are withheld in their entirety.”
Among the 900 names in the secret report are members of the Ukrainian SS Galicia Division who settled in Canada. Last year, there was an outcry after a veteran of the Nazi-led division, Yaroslav Hunka, received two standing ovations in the House of Commons during a visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Anthony Rota, who invited Mr. Hunka and praised him as a hero, later resigned as Commons Speaker. (more...)
List of 900 alleged Nazi war criminals won’t be released by Ottawa
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