Independent Senators Group Sen. Paula Simons (Alberta) said cabinet, under a 2009 international pact, has an obligation to name Nazi fugitives let into Canada, according to Blacklock’s Reporter.
“Some of these records are not just inaccessible, they remain confidential,” Simons told the Senate.
Authorities will not release the confidential 1985 list of 20 suspected war criminals. Simons said cabinet must “mandate the disclosure of all Holocaust-related records in its possession.”
She noted Canada is a signatory to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) headquartered in Berlin.
“We share a commitment to throw light on the still obscured shadows of the Holocaust,” said the IHRA.
“We will take all necessary steps to facilitate the opening of archives in order to ensure all documents bearing on the Holocaust are available to researchers.”
The 1985 Commission of Inquiry on War Crimes led by former Quebec Court of Appeals Justice Jules Deschenes recommended in a secret report prosecution of 20 accused Nazis in Canada. This list has remained secret under the Access to Information Act.
“The Commission has not been created to revive old hatred that once existed abroad between communities which should now live in peace in Canada,” said Deschenes.
Simons said there is no reason to keep the blacklist secret. (more...)
Simons says: Name the Nazi fugitives
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