A former federal justice minister says the 'failure of indifference and inaction' over Canada's history with Nazis in the country likely contributed to Parliament's unknowing recognition of a Nazi veteran in the House of Commons last week, and that he wants to see nearly 40-year-old documents on suspected war criminals living in Canada unsealed.
The event happened on the 22nd and I read about it on the 23rd or 24th, and at that time, I also learned about the Deschênes Commission. This is from an article 7 days ago:
The decision to allow about 600 members of the division to live in Canada after the second world war has long been a source of controversy in Canada, and was the subject of a government commission of inquiry in the 1980s into whether Canada had become a haven for war criminals.
Members of the division were accused of killing Polish and Jewish civilians. The Nuremberg tribunals found the Waffen-SS guilty as an organisation of war crimes but not the Galicia division.
I’m in no way trying to excuse their actions, or whitewash, or whatever. My argument is the title of the article:
An important question that has been missed. How did a veteran of the SS Galicia division end up in Canada in the first place and he was not prosecuted?
Which is straight up bullshit; the question has been asked since the end of WW2 and has been answered several times.
This question need to be continued to be asked because as the recent events demonstrate, it absolutely has not been answered adequately. Releasing Deschênes Commission findings to the public would sure be a good start towards actually answering some questions.
The event happened on the 22nd and I read about it on the 23rd or 24th, and at that time, I also learned about the Deschênes Commission. This is from an article 7 days ago:
I’m in no way trying to excuse their actions, or whitewash, or whatever. My argument is the title of the article:
Which is straight up bullshit; the question has been asked since the end of WW2 and has been answered several times.
I barely follow any news and I knew this too, after reading a single article. I think the headline is valid to someone who only reads other headlines.
This question need to be continued to be asked because as the recent events demonstrate, it absolutely has not been answered adequately. Releasing Deschênes Commission findings to the public would sure be a good start towards actually answering some questions.