Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was asked to personally apologize for the embarrassment he caused to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week — instead, he apologized for all parliamentarians.
“Ukraine – Russia”
University of Alberta returning $30,000 donation to Yaroslav Hunka’s family, closing endowment in his name
The University of Alberta is returning a $30,000 donation it received from the family of Yaroslav Hunka, saying it regrets any harm it may have caused by accepting the endowment in his name.
“The university recognizes and regrets the unintended harm caused,” Verna Yiu, interim provost and vice-president of the university, said in a statement.
“On behalf of the university, I want to express our commitment to address anti-Semitism in any of its manifestations, including the ways in which the Holocaust continues to resonate in the present.”
Ukrainian vet debacle reignites call to remove controversial Oakville monument
An Oakville cemetery is once again facing calls to remove a monument that pays tribute to a Ukrainian unit that was recently thrust into the spotlight when controversy erupted over a decision to honour one of its veterans in the House of Commons.
The monument in question is located within West Oak Memorial Gardens, a 100-acre cemetery at 1280 Dundas St. W. that is owned and operated by St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Cemetery. In 1988, a large statue commemorating what is known as the First Ukrainian Division of the Ukrainian National Army was erected at the burial ground, which is the largest Ukrainian cemetery in Canada.
You remove the monument you had better ensure Freeland is gone as well as her background is looking sketchier than Hunka’s.
Look at Chrystia Freeland’s nervous hand squeezin’ when she’s asked about investigating Canadians who fought alongside Nazis. pic.twitter.com/qkVYlk4vMm
— golden pup (@Golden_Pup) September 27, 2023
MPs expected to dig deeper on how war vet who fought with Nazis ended up in the House
Trudeau apologized to Zelensky before he offered up non-apology to Canadians
Justin Trudeau’s apology for the Nazi controversy is a start — but it’s not enough
… Trudeau, after issuing the apology on behalf of Parliament, revealed that Canada had already said sorry to Ukraine privately for marring what should have been a great day for Zelenskyy and his visit to Ottawa.
John Ivison: Ignorance of our history comes back to haunt Ottawa
It is entirely appropriate that Justin Trudeau has issued a formal apology to Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Jewish communities around the world for the grave diplomatic humiliation of paying tribute to a Nazi in the House of Commons, even as the Ukrainian president struggles to kill the myth that Nazism is rampant in his nation’s politics and society.
Russia Evades G7 Crude Sanctions
Russia has completely evaded G7 sanctions on its crude oil, recovering earlier losses on its petroleum while squeezing Europe again on energy. In fact, Russian crude oil exports increased 50% this spring.
In December 2022, the G7 and Australia agreed to a cap of $60 per barrel on Russian crude oil, with the idea of keeping the petroleum flowing into global markets but limiting Russia’s ability to profit from it. At first, it seemed to work as the price of Russian oil dropped to $40 per barrel. Russia was already responding, though, seeking out countries outside the G7 for its now-discounted oil and building a so-called “dark fleet” of non-Western ships to transport its oil without suffering the price cap, which also applied to oil transported on Western ships.
Trudeau Apologizes For Nazi Adjacent Liberal Party’s Waffen SS Affinity
Trudeau apologizes after a Ukrainian Nazi veteran was celebrated at Zelenskyy speech
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has apologized on behalf of Canada after a veteran of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi forces was included in a parliamentary event last week honouring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“All of us who were in this House on Friday regret deeply having stood and clapped even though we did so unaware of the context,” Trudeau said in a brief statement to reporters.
“It was a horrendous violation of the memory of the millions of people who died in the Holocaust,” he said, saying the celebration of ex-soldier Yaroslav Hunka was “deeply, deeply painful” to Jewish people, Poles, Roma, the LGBT community and other racialized people in particular — some of the groups that were targeted by the Nazi regime in the Second World War.
Canada isn’t guilty of anything. Trudeau and his Nazi party loving pals are guilty.
Trudeau: "All of us who were in this House on Friday regret deeply having stood and clapped, even though we did so unaware of the context … It was deeply, deeply painful for Jewish people. It also hurt Polish people, Roma people, 2SLGBTQI+ people…" pic.twitter.com/WAH8XYeHaD
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) September 27, 2023
Greg Gutfeld SNAPS into most EPIC rant EVER after "Blackface" Castro Jr. Trudeau gives literal Ukrainian NAZI standing ovation:
“Justin Trudeau couldn’t be red in the face because he’s black in the face… Apparently, unvaxxed truckers are treated worse than Nazis.”🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/ArfVQQ0hYl
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 27, 2023
Our Chrystia …
Read the entire Blumental thread. Worth the revisit in light of recent events.
Chrystia Freeland launched her journalistic career at The Ukrainian Weekly, a nationalist publication that glorified Nazi collaborators and the Waffen SS-Galicia.
The ad below promoting Nazi youth camps and a pro-Nazi book appeared in the same 1988 issue as Freeland’s reporting. pic.twitter.com/LRfVmr24wb
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) May 7, 2023
#CrystiaFreeland deputy Prime Minister of #Canada has some explaining to do.
Did she lie about her #Nazi past to Parliament?
“Chrystia Freeland should answer my email. It is simply not plausible that she didn’t know the dark history behind the Liberal Party’s Waffen-SS Nazi… pic.twitter.com/2mCxJzZi7L
— Jim Ferguson (@JimFergusonUK) September 27, 2023
h/t SDMATT
Parliament’s Nazi scandal a ‘top headline story’ for Russian propaganda news
OTTAWA — On Tuesday, a Russian embassy account posted online that Ukraine was issuing stamps with the face of Yaroslav Hunka, who received a standing ovation in the House of Commons before it was revealed he served in a Nazi unit during the Second World War.
The “completely false” post from Russia’s U.K. embassy uses a fabricated stamp and is an example of how Russia is already using the incident for its own purposes, said Marcus Kolga, senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.
The War in Ukraine Is Also a Giant Arms Fair
Arms makers are getting orders for weapons being put to the test on the battlefield
MINKIVKA, Ukraine—The Ukrainian crew of a high-tech German artillery system can shoot three shells within seconds that will simultaneously hit the exact same spot more than 25 miles away.
That is, when the big gun hasn’t broken down.
The Panzerhaubitze howitzer is part of an arsenal of weapons being put to the test in Ukraine in what has become the world’s largest arms fair.
Panzerhaubitze meets Rasputitsa or someone didn’t read their history – “However, the howitzer has a vulnerability to environmental conditions. The equipment’s sensitive electronics are prone to malfunction when exposed to moisture or dirt, requiring soldiers to wear special booties or slippers inside.“
Politico repackages the Waffen-SS veteran honored by Zelensky and Trudeau with a more palatable label: ‘Nazi-linked’
If you’re Yaroslav Hunka, you can have fought for a division implicated in war crimes and commanded by literal Nazis, but the marketing team at the leftwing outlet Politico will repackage and sell you as a “veteran accused” and “Nazi-linked,” and you can safely assume that the publication’s dimwitted audience won’t suspect a thing. Media using its position to push out propaganda sympathetic to the regime? Joseph Goebbels, another “Nazi-linked” individual would be beaming with pride!
Carson Jerema: Rota resigns so Trudeau can pretend Nazi scandal isn’t his problem
Canada is being mocked around the world after a man who fought for the Nazis was celebrated in Parliament, presumably by mistake. But on Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chief concern was to ensure everyone that it wasn’t his fault. “The Speaker has acknowledged his mistake and apologized,” he said, repeating the talking point given to every Liberal with a pulse.
Anthony Rota resigns as Speaker after inviting former Ukrainian soldier with Nazi ties to Parliament
Liberal MP Anthony Rota is stepping down as House of Commons Speaker after inviting a Ukrainian veteran who fought in a Nazi division to Parliament — a dramatic turn of events that will be welcomed by MPs on all sides who said the embarrassing incident was unforgivable.
Rota’s resignation will take effect at the end of the sitting day on Wednesday.
h/t XC
Trudeau’s unwillingness to apologize speaks to Canada’s diminishment on the world stage
As this newspaper went to press – remember when we said things like that? – Anthony Rota had not resigned as Speaker of the House of Commons. This is surprising.
After all, Mr. Rota inadvertently invited a man who served in an infamous Waffen SS unit during the Second World War to attend Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s address to the House of Commons, Friday.
Nord Stream explosion: A maze of speculation
It was 2 a.m. on September 26, 2022, when seismic monitoring stations in Denmark, Sweden and Germany registered a weak earth tremor.
At the same time, workers at the pipeline operator Nord Stream registered a sharp drop in pressure in the 1,200-kilometer (745-mile) gas pipes that connect Russia and Germany. As the sun rose over the Baltic Sea, giant bubbles of methane gas could be seen from the air near the Danish island of Bornholm. They were coming to the surface from about 80 meters (260 feet) underwater. Further tremors followed. Soon it became clear: Several sections of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines had been blown up.
A key component of German and European energy infrastructure had been destroyed.