The incident came during a visit to Ottawa by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as Canada’s House of Commons gave a standing ovation to Yaroslav Hinka, who was revealed to be a member of the notorious 14th Waffen SS of the Nazi SS. was a Ukrainian veteran of the Grenadier Division.
Speaker of the House Anthony Rota later tried to absolve Trudeau of any blame by “taking full responsibility for issuing the invitation and acknowledging it in Parliament” and apologizing, but Canadian opposition leaders revealed that Trudeau had met Hinka before his honor. The office had failed to check it.
“This is a terrible lapse in judgment on the part of Justin Trudeau, whose personal protocol office is responsible for arranging and vetting all visitors and programs for these types of state visits. Without warning or context, It was impossible for any MP to be in the room (except for Mr. Trudeau) to know about this dark past,” tweeted Conservative leader Pierre Poillevre, demanding that Trudeau “apologise in person and Avoid blaming others as they always do.”
Canada’s Jewish community was also outraged. The Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs in Canada said it was “deeply disturbed and disturbed that a Ukrainian veteran of the Nazi SS’s infamous 14th Waffen Grenadier Division was given a standing ovation in the Canadian Parliament.” “. Stands firmly with Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression, “We cannot remain silent when the crimes of Ukrainians during the Holocaust are whitewashed.”
The dispute comes amid Ottawa’s ugly spat with India over Canada’s support for violence. Khalistani Accusations by separatists and Trudeau of New Delhi’s complicity in the killing of a Canadian Sikh militant continued in the Western media as a saintly plumber and priest.
“This is the man who accuses us of killing Najjar based on “intelligence”. This “intelligence” could not identify the Nazi past of a man whom Trudeau personally met and respected. As Canada’s opposition leader tweeted, “of Trudeau’s governance,” Kanwal Sibal, a former Indian foreign secretary, is said to be the vice-chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Amid falling poll numbers, Trudeau was criticized by his critics, who pointed out that his supporters used the term “Nazi” to describe Canadian truck drivers and parents protesting gender policies in schools. was
“Trudeau has topped his previous record of embarrassing Canada globally. Appreciating a Waffen SS Nazi in HiC looks like a petty insult to his Mr. Dress-up in India. Telling Hard to believe how f**k up this is,” one critic tweeted.