Canadian Parliament Gives Standing Ovation to Former Nazi Soldier

I think this is proof we live in a simulation and the programmer has a sense of humour.

Not long ago, when defending his government activated the War Measures Act (aka The Emergencies Act) Trudeau Jr was saying "Conservative Party members can stand with people who wave swastikas. They can stand with people who wave the Confederate flag."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-conservative-swastikas-1.6354970

I guess what he meant was, standing wasn't enough, you gotta give 'em a standing ovation.

Sad day for Canada.

So you're in favour of giving standing ovations to Nazis?

Yikes.

Yes they did.

From Veterans Affairs Canada:

More than one million Canadians and Newfoundlanders served in uniform, both here at home and around the world. Over 45,000 of our brave men and women in uniform gave their lives and another 55,000 were wounded. The Second World War was a pivotal chapter in our country's history.

This is what elcamino wrote in case, coward that she is, she tries to delete it:
"Canada didn't fight in WW2 so it doesn't matter that they like being their buddies."

The Speaker said he fought the Russians before the standing ovations.

Spoiler alert, the Russians fought the Nazis.

He still deserves the criticism considering his denunciation of Jewish parliament member during the trucker’s protest for “standing with people who wave swastikas.” He was a complete liar during that episode and knew full well that she was Jewish and that the protest signs with swastikas were a way of mocking his administration’s totalitarianism. So he smears Canadian protesters as Nazis last year and now his own party invites a ex-Nazi - Waffen SS no less - to parliament for a standing ovation. The optics were terrible in light of this history and he deserves what karma has given him.

It’s a reasonable point you’re making to look at this 98 year old man’s individual conduct in the war before condemning anyone. It’s amazing that none of these politicians turned up his blogs about volunteering for the Waffen SS which was the combat extension of the Nazi party based entirely on Hitler’s racist ideology. The SS has an unequivocal record for atrocities and war crimes.

His specific unit, the 14th Waffen SS Grenadier Division, was not formed until 1943 when racial purity standards were relaxed and ethnic Ukrainians were permitted to join. But the unit has their own discrediting history involving atrocities against Polish civilians which is easily found on Wikipedia and elsewhere. Now a Polish government official is making threats to initiate extradition proceedings against the guy.

It’s just unimaginable that a first world Western legislative body would shower accolades and a huge applause scene on a Nazi SS veteran without understanding the situation. What annoys me most is that Trudeau threw the Nazi appellation around pretty indiscriminately against his own countrymen during the trucker protest so it’s difficult to heed caution for nuance in his favor here.