A leading CIA officer in charge of resettlement was later posted to Ottawa.
  • Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca
    23 hours

    Not sure what people have against uncovering history and how it plays into the current.

    Some people are really not very different than Americans in their thought-ending processes or how it relates to policies today (“communist propaganda”, “who cares”, “its Canada’s past”).

    The resettled Nazis could still be alive and could still be spouting hateful or pro-Nazi rhetoric, as we saw 2 years ago with Yaroslav Hunka.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaroslav_Hunka_scandal

    Between 2010 and 2011, Hunka contributed to The Combatant News, a blog by an association of SS Galizien veterans, where he described his service in the SS as “the happiest two years of my life”.

    The Deschenes Commission recommended changes to criminal and citizenship law to allow Canada to prosecute war criminals, which Canada did and which is immensely relevant today considering how many Israeli-Canadians are taking part in the Palestinian genocide.

    However, even though Canada tried to prosecute Nazi war criminals, they would end up acquitting or dropping charges. In 1994, after several similar cases in which charges had been dropped, Canada said it would no longer prosecute Nazi war criminals.

    The second part of the final report, which concerns allegations against specific individuals, and contains an appendix listing 240 individuals suspected of war crimes, has never been made public

    With Canada claiming to fight antisemitism, while at the same time giving historically proud antisemites a pass, it’s worth knowing the history, how that ties into today’s policies, and what we should advocate for.

  • melsaskca@lemmy.ca
    1 day

    I love my country, Canada, even with it’s blemishes like Thalidomide, Marc Lepine and Canadian soldiers in Somalia. Those are all from the past. A bit shameful and embarrassing but it only represents an infinitesimal portion of what this great country is all about. Go Tommy Douglas!!!

    • viJilance@lemmy.ca
      22 hours

      Marc Lepine

      You are kind of honoring him by mentioning his name, it is what incel loser would have wanted. just say “polytech” next time.

    • NonconfrontationaI@lemmy.ml
      1 day

      I noticed you didn’t mention the ongoing genocide of 100 million natives, the countless warcrimes Canadians have committed on behalf of the United States, or the ongoing deep partnership with a country who’s been doing a genocide in the middle east for over 75 years.

      Patriotism is a poison designed to make you accept the wrongs of your country. Demand better.

  • bedwyr@piefed.caEnglish
    22 hours

    I thought this came out a year or more ago. I read something to that effect. Forget if it was connected to the old nazi the parliment gave a standing ovation to.

    • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
      19 hours

      It was heavily redacted to protect the identities of the people involved. A court recently ruled it didn’t need to be which brings us to today.

  • Scotty@scribe.disroot.org
    1 day

    Tankies must really be desperate if they post a story that happened half a century ago in another attempt to make Canada look bad. OP is also posting ‘news’ from Chinese state media and other propaganda outlets, but apparently not even there are relevant posts today.

  • mHtt@lemmy.ca
    1 day

    they’re all dead now making this a moot point.

      • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
        23 hours

        Applauded based on being introduced to parliament inaccurately.

        • Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca
          21 hours

          For sure and I felt bad for the speaker who had to step down. But definitely not dead.

      • mHtt@lemmy.ca
        22 hours

        i know your simple mind wants desperately to divide humanity neatly into good and evil, but thats just not how the world works, my sweet child.

        That dude was 13 years old when he made that decision, can you really defend all your choices when you were 13?

        GTFO with your shit arguments.

        • Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca
          21 hours

          Was he 13 in 2010 when he said those were the happiest days of his life on a SS Nazi forum?!? Lol

    • NonconfrontationaI@lemmy.ml
      1 day

      Exactly, it’s not like they were given institutional power and have legacies or families or anything. Case closed!!

      • mHtt@lemmy.ca
        22 hours

        i know your simple mind wants desperately to divide humanity neatly into good and evil, but thats just not how the world works, my sweet child.