When the truth about Yaroslav Hunka’s past came out, the consequence was what Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre called our country’s “biggest single diplomatic embarrassment.”
We are all aware that, “In war, truth is the first casualty.” Truth, of course, is the antithesis of propaganda, and in a society where people think critically, what is labeled by one side as “disinformation” cannot simply be dismissed, it must be disproven.
Canadian Parliament handed Russian President Vladimir Putin a gift when the entire chamber gave a standing ovation to a former Nazi soldier from Ukraine. On September 22, with current Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky present, the Speaker of the House, Anthony Rota, called Yaroslav Hunka, a Ukrainian immigrant who was a member of Hitler’s Waffen SS during the Second World War “a Canadian hero.”
When the truth about Hunka’s past came out, the consequence was what Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre called our country’s “biggest single diplomatic embarrassment.”
What has followed in Parliament and in the media, however, is finger-pointing and confusion, rather than a quest to understand how and why such an error happened. Rota has stepped down as Speaker, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has apologized, and all parties represented in Canadian Parliament continue to vote for our tax dollars being used to support the Ukraine War. Should Canadians be satisfied with this conclusion, however?
Why would Hunka, a man who knew what he had done during the Second World War, agree to be publicly lauded in Canadian Parliament? Why did Rota seem to have no knowledge about what Hunka represented? Why has no Canadian opposition party and no mainstream media source in Canada pursued these questions? (more...)
Hunka affair opens historical can of worms
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