No biggie: the Ukrainian Canadian Congress—a powerful lobby group driven by a nationalist-fascist ideology—celebrates Ukrainian Nazis who served in the Waffen-SS Galizien Division.
Naturally, Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland (who has a Nazi grandpa in the family closet) love the Ukrainian Canadian Congress. As @DanBoeckner points out, the UCC has huge power in shaping Canada’s foreign policy. And they sure love their post-Maidan fascists!
@TarikCyrilAmar What makes it even more exciting is that this same Ukrainian fascist appreciation club enjoys the patronage of the American Empire.
@DanBoeckner PS: If you want the history of Ukrainian participation in the Waffen-SS and attempts by the Ukrainian diaspora to turn it into a story of courageous resistance, read this by Per Anders Rudling:
academia.edu/1908894/_They_…
@DanBoeckner Russian propaganda is not always wrong:
@DanBoeckner Oops. Nazi grandpa in Freeland’s family closet:
@DanBoeckner Rehabbed fascists dominate Ukrainian political life in Canada:
@DanBoeckner Check this out: Chancellor of the University of Alberta was an actual Nazi — a Waffen-SS goon who had pledged loyalty to Hitler and called it “multiculturalism.”
Canada — where’s the happy, progressive land of maple leaves that Michael Moore told us about?
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