An investigation by The Canada Files has found that Liberal MP Yvan Baker has not publicly condemned Canadian parliament’s honouring of Ukrainian Nazi, Yaroslav Hunka, nor provided an apology for applauding him.
An opportunity to take either of these actions came when The Canada Files reached out with a question and request for comment, which MP Baker did not take.
In previous coverage, The Canada Files found that MP Yvan Baker had attended a 2021 Remembrance Day event held by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress’ Toronto branch, which contained the honouring of Waffen SS 14th division, without condemnation from him. MP Baker did not respond to TCF’s request for comment and questions for that article.
Yet Baker’s lack of condemnation for the honouring of a Nazi SS division is a feature, rather than a bug.
The UCC itself was as formed in 1940 on the initiative of the Canadian government, bringing together a collection of outright fascist, monarchist and far-right Ukrainian Canadian groups, to serve as a counterweight to the pro-socialist Association of United Ukrainian Canadians (which would soon afterwards have its assets stolen by the Canadian government and given to the UCC). The UCC would go on to campaign “to have Canada accept members of the Waffen-SS’s Galicia Division” and “represented Waffen SS members who came to Canada after World War II.” Canada would, from 1947 on, actively seek out European Nazi SS veterans to import into Canada and pull the supposed restriction on Nazi volunteers from immigrating to Canada in 1950.
MP Baker’s connection to the UCC Toronto branch is far deeper than expected. Baker was their Vice-President of External Affairs between 2005 to 2008, according to archived versions (2006, 2007) of UCC Toronto’s website. (more...)
Canadian MP won't condemn honouring of Hunka or 2007, 2010, 2021 honourings of Nazi SS division
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