Canada's Department of Justice declined comment when asked if the Nazi blacklist would be released. Advocates including B’nai Brith Canada, the Canadian Historical Association and Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre have repeatedly petitioned for its release.
Blacklock's Reporter has confirmed the federal government will not disclose a confidential blacklist of Nazi fugitives hiding in Canada, despite considerable pushback from the public.
The Commission of Inquiry on War Crimes, led by Québec Court of Appeal Justice Jules Deschenes in 1985, identified 200 alleged Nazis who remain unnamed. The following year, a separate report identified 20 accused Nazis with recommendations on prosecution, but that too remains redacted under the Access to Information Act.
"Our history with Nazis and their presence in Canada is a dark history and it’s a difficult legacy and it’s been particularly painful for the Jewish community in particular but all survivors of the Holocaust," Attorney General Arif Virani told reporters September 27.
At the time, he said senior government officials reviewed the report, with recommendations expected in the "immediate future."
Fast forward seven weeks later and Canada's Department of Justice declined to comment when asked if the blacklist would be released. Advocates including B’nai Brith Canada, the Canadian Historical Association and Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre have repeatedly petitioned for release of the list.
B’nai B'rith — a Jewish human rights organization — pressured the federal government to publish the secret list in a February 14 submission to the Commons ethics committee, but to no avail, reported Blacklock’s Reporter. (more...)
Feds will not disclose ‘confidential’ Nazi blacklist... yet
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