Nazi Parliament Scandal: Ongoing Fallout Leaves Unanswered Questions

 

It has been five months since Canadian MPs gave standing ovations to Yarolsav Hunka, a Waffen SS veteran.

Five months after Canadian members of Parliament gave two standing ovations to Yarolsav Hunka, a 98-year-old Waffen SS veteran who was introduced as a “Canadian hero,” last fall’s Nazi Parliament scandal continues to prompt difficult questions for the Trudeau government and Canadian institutions.

Most recently, the Ottawa Citizen revealed that the scandal caused Canadian Heritage to postpone the long-planned unveiling of Ottawa’s controversial “Victims of Communism” monument.

The Maple reported that the unveiling would be delayed back in late October, days before hundreds of dignitaries and monument sponsors were expected to attend the formal event.

At the time, Canadian Heritage spokespeople would only say that the unveiling had been postponed to ensure the monument was compatible with what it regarded as Canadian values.

The Citizen’s report said that planning for the public ceremony came to a halt on October 13, three weeks after Hunka was honoured in Parliament.

Records obtained by the Citizen showed that a Canadian Heritage project manager responsible for the monument was concerned about the possibility of Nazi collaborators being included on the monument’s “wall of remembrance,” a problem which she acknowledged had already been highlighted in the media.

The same documents indicated that Canadian government officials had determined other names listed for remembrance on the monument were SS volunteers or Nazi collaborators. The exact number of problematic commendations was redacted from the documents.  (more...)

Nazi Parliament Scandal: Ongoing Fallout Leaves Unanswered Questions