Justin Trudeau invited an actual Nazi officer from the SS to Canada s parliament as some sort of cherished war hero. It took independent journalists like Rebel News to expose the story over the weekend, and that s what we re going to talk about today.
00:03:25.440That's quite a careful way to describe someone.
00:03:49.100Isn't it a Ukrainian Canadian war veteran from the Second World War who fought for Ukrainian independence against the Russians and a Ukrainian hero and a Canadian hero.
00:04:01.100That sort of leaves out a few details, doesn't it?
00:04:06.100No one knows even the most basic facts about the Second World War.
00:04:09.100They might recall that in the final half of that war, we were actually allies with the Soviet Union and that Stalin's Red Army bore the brunt of the casualties and conquered Berlin.
00:04:22.100I'm not saying that Stalin or the Soviets or the Red Army even were good.
00:04:27.100They were deeply evil institutions and Stalin murdered as many or more people than Hitler did and had a much longer reign of terror.
00:04:35.100But if we're talking about the Second World War and veterans fighting against the Russians pretty much meant you were with the Nazis, which is what Yaroslav Hanke did.
00:06:40.1002,000 came to Canada from this battalion here.
00:06:44.100In an attempt to hide the SS connection, the unit had changed its name in the last few days of the war to the 1st Division Ukrainian National Army.
00:06:55.100So this guy, Yaroslav Hanke, has been living in Canada for about 70 years, keeping a very low profile.
00:07:02.100I don't know, maybe hoping that no Mossad Nazi hunters would find him and kidnap him and take him to Israel for a trial, as they had with other Nazis like Adolf Eichmann found hiding in South America.
00:07:16.100Hmm. So Yaroslav Hanke lives a free and happy life in Canada, a small town.
00:07:23.100She's never charged with any war crimes.
00:07:26.100And then one day, he's 98 years old now, he gets invited to Parliament as a hero, introduced as a hero.
00:07:35.100And look at that cheer. Take a look at this.
00:07:38.100Zelensky's speech received at least a dozen standing ovations.
00:07:43.100There was also one for this man, a 98-year-old Ukrainian-Canadian who fought for Ukrainian independence against the Russians during the Second World War.
00:07:53.100That is the look of relief and that wiping the brow and that's vindication, that's redemption.
00:08:00.100They love him. They don't hate him. He's not a war criminal or a pariah. He's a hero.
00:08:05.100They said it. Everyone cheered him. He was so proud.
00:08:10.100And his daughter-in-law and son who accompanied him to Ottawa for the big day, they were so proud.
00:08:15.100Finally, they could be proud of Grandpa and what he did.
00:08:19.100And look at that. He's waiting for a reception with Trudeau and Zelensky.
00:08:25.100But I was honestly more distracted by the protesters shouting things outside the hotel where Zelensky was speaking.
00:08:31.100There he is. There he is. There he is, Zelensky. Go home.
00:08:50.100I was also distracted by this shouty speech that Trudeau gave from inside the hotel that actually seemed a bit unhinged to me to be candid.
00:09:11.100A bit off-brand for Mr. Sunnyways, a little bit off-brand for Canada the honest broker, Canada the peacemaker, the peacekeeper.
00:09:19.100What do you think of this? It's just an excerpt from Trudeau's speech.
00:09:22.100To continue to step up as Canada has with close to $9 billion in aid for Ukraine.
00:09:28.100But we will because the cost on Canadians, on our lives, on our world will be so much greater if Putin wins this war
00:09:37.100that we will and have to stand every single day until Ukraine wins this war.
00:09:43.100The stakes are high for Canadians. The stakes are high for Ukrainians. The stakes are high for all of us around the world.
00:09:56.100This is a moment where we define ourselves for the rest of the 21st century.
00:10:03.100Did we stand up against authoritarianism? Did we stand up against those who choose to break the rules around the world?
00:10:12.100Do we stand up for what is right? We are Canadian! Of course we're going to stand up for what's right!
00:10:17.100That felt a little odd to me. Did it feel a little odd to you?
00:10:20.100So that's what I was thinking about after the parliament event and after Trudeau's speech.
00:10:25.100I really didn't even notice this hunker thing, but by Saturday I started looking at it because I saw this photo captioned by the Canadian press.
00:10:36.100And it says, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recognized Yaroslav Hanka, who was in attendance,
00:10:45.100and fought with the 1st Ukrainian Division in the Second World War before later immigrating to Canada in the House of Commons on Friday.
00:10:53.100So that was more information than the Speaker of the House introduced, isn't it?
00:10:58.100But like David Pugliese, the historian points out, that 1st Ukrainian Battalion, that was the sneaky fake name that the Nazis gave themselves so they could slip into Canada.
00:18:25.100It's just that every other mainstream journalist in the country who was covering the event either just missed it or didn't care or was in on it.
00:19:35.100I think we need to make sure that we move forward, recognize this mistake and stand in solidarity together to reiterate our commitment to Jewish Canadians,
00:19:50.100but also to Ukrainian Canadians and the people who are fighting for freedom, for peace and for justice in Ukraine right now.
00:19:59.100Yeah. Stop being so political, you guys.
00:20:28.100She knew that he, she admits the government knew everything about him, but it's all the speaker's fault, don't you know?
00:20:36.100Unfortunately, I think my honorable colleague has misinterpreted what I was saying.
00:20:41.100What I was saying and what you yourself indeed have said is that you invited this particular individual.
00:20:48.100You yourself decided to recognize this individual without informing either the government or the Ukrainian delegation that you would be doing this.
00:20:59.100When it comes to everyone that was invited to parliament, of course that vetting happened.
00:21:05.100However, the decision, the decision to recognize an individual was that of the speaker.
00:21:13.100And I would ask that the members opposite would please be respectful.
00:21:20.100This is a very difficult time for all of us, but I do ask them to stick to the facts and the issue at hand,
00:21:28.100which was the fact that this individual was invited by the speaker and the decision to recognize by the speaker, not by the government.
00:22:17.100Well, the master of manipulation, the grand poobah of gaslighting, saved his appearance for last look at this absolute masterpiece.
00:22:27.100Obviously, it's extremely upsetting that this happened.
00:22:30.100The speaker has acknowledged his mistake and has apologized.
00:22:35.100But this is something that is deeply embarrassing to the parliament of Canada and by extension to all Canadians.
00:22:42.100I think particularly of Jewish MPs and all members of the Jewish community across the country who are celebrating or commemorating Yom Kippur today.
00:22:52.100I think it's going to be really important that all of us push back against Russian propaganda, Russian disinformation
00:23:00.100and continue our steadfast and unequivocal support for Ukraine, as we did last week with announcing further measures to stand with Ukraine in Russia's illegal war against it.
00:23:12.100Oh, he's somber and he's upset. He's upset just like you. He's mad at the speaker just like you should be.
00:23:19.100Parliament and Canada have been humiliated. Not him, by the way. He wants to get to the bottom of it.
00:23:26.100Now, he's not particularly upset because he's certainly not to blame, but the speaker is to blame and those Russians are to blame.
00:23:32.100Beware of Russian disinformation. I mean, really, did a Nazi even actually go to parliament?
00:23:38.100Are you sure? Are you sure that's not Russian disinformation?
00:23:42.100We're all embarrassed and have to get to the bottom of this.
00:23:45.100And by even talking about what happened, aren't you being a Russian agent?
00:23:49.100What a disgrace Justin Trudeau is. What an international laughing stock he is.
00:23:55.100By the way, I note that from Trudeau on down, not a single member of the government has actually apologized for the Nazi.
00:24:06.100They blame the speaker of the House who has apologized and accepts responsibility, but he hasn't actually accepted responsibility if that means doing anything like resigning or even firing a scapegoat, which is the usual liberal way.
00:24:19.100He's just accepted responsibility and and like just I checked the box.
00:24:25.100Here's Andrew Coyne, the prince of the media party, say, let's that's good enough.
00:24:30.100Taking responsibility does not equal resigning always and everywhere, even in public life.
00:24:35.100It can mean that, but does not necessarily automatically.
00:24:38.100If everyone had to resign every time they screwed up, very few jobs would be full and none at all in the media.
00:24:43.100Hey, guys, just because we literally invited, vetted, introduced, honored and cheered a Nazi doesn't mean we have to actually do anything because this could happen all the time.
00:24:56.100Here's his buddy, Bruce Arthur, the Toronto Star.
00:24:59.100The basic dynamic of Canadian politics right now is the liberals celebrated a Nazi through incredible incompetence.
00:25:06.100Seven months after some conservatives celebrated a Nazi completely on purpose.
00:25:11.100I bet he means Christine Anderson, the German member of the European Parliament who visited Canada a few months ago, except she's not a Nazi.
00:25:19.100As you know, it's illegal to be a Nazi in Germany.
00:25:21.100She'd be jailed if she really was a Nazi.
00:25:23.100It's actually the one place you can be sure she's not a Nazi because she'd be in prison.
00:25:29.100So what Bruce Arthur has done is trivialize the Holocaust, because if a mere conservative member of the European Parliament who he doesn't like is no better than a Nazi,
00:26:12.100Oh, and just so you know how sorry they all are.
00:26:16.100Today the liberals tried to get permission, unanimous consent, to delete and erase all records of their Nazi moment, Orwellian style.
00:26:26.100I would like to ask for unanimous consent to adopt the following motion.
00:26:31.100That notwithstanding any standing order, special order, or usual practice of the House, the recognition made by the Speaker of the House of an individual present in the galleries
00:26:40.100during the joint address to Parliament by His Excellency Volodymyr Zelensky be struck from the appendix of the House of Commons debates of Thursday, September 21, 2023, and from any House multimedia recording.
00:26:54.100It needed unanimous permission in Parliament, so it failed.
00:28:23.100Yaroslav Hanka is the name of a former Nazi SS officer.
00:28:29.100So I'm not just talking about some regular GI in the Wehrmacht who was conscripted and just fought in a tank.
00:28:35.100I'm talking about someone who volunteered to be part of Hitler's elite Nazis in Ukraine.
00:28:42.100Now, he's 98 years old and he's been living a very low profile life in Canada.
00:28:48.100So unlike some other Nazis, he hasn't been hunted down by the Mossad.
00:28:52.100Imagine how surprised he must have been to receive a phone call that he would be the honored guest in Parliament when Justin Trudeau welcomed Vladimir Zelensky on Friday.
00:29:03.100And he was just like in your American State of the Union address where they point the camera at someone in the audience and they give him a shout out and everyone gives him applause.
00:29:13.100They literally did that for Yaroslav Hanka, a 98 year old Nazi SS officer.
00:29:20.100But they didn't introduce him that way, Glenn.
00:29:22.100They said he, quote, fought the Russians.
00:30:31.100They cheer in parliament an actual SS Nazi.
00:30:37.100And yet they accuse what half of Canada, anybody who stood behind the truckers, they accuse them of Nazis and threatened to put them all in jail.
00:30:49.100Well, that's a good way to understand Justin Trudeau.
00:30:51.100He calls himself a male feminist, but he admits that he sexually assaulted a woman named Rose Knight.
00:30:57.100He just said, oh, she experienced it differently.
00:31:00.100He calls you a racist, but he's a guy who dressed up in blackface so many times he says he lost count.
00:31:07.100He calls everyone he doesn't like a Nazi, including Jewish people.
00:33:32.100They were known as the most fanatical and brutal of all the soldiers fighting on behalf of Germany.
00:33:40.100These were the ones that were deployed to kill the resistors, the Poles, the Jews, the Roma, the Catholic conscientious objectors to all to the brutality.
00:33:52.100They killed, incidentally, the communists, the capitalists, like they were they were the kill squads.
00:34:00.100They were almost religious in their loyalty to the Fuhrer.
00:34:03.100And this guy was trotted into the House of Commons and given a standing ovation by all parties to the shame of all parties because, quote, he fought the Russians.
00:34:15.100And so they thought that this guy would be somebody that should be celebrated when Ukrainian Prime Minister Zelensky came to the House of Commons to get, I don't know, his monthly stipend from the Canadian government or whatever we're doing there.
00:34:33.100All that aside, he gets pushed out as someone who fought against Russians.
00:34:39.100And so everybody claps like train seals.
00:34:42.100And now we've got an international absolute disaster on our hands.
00:34:47.100I can't wait to see what happens with the state of Israel when everybody comes to Yom Kippur later on today.
00:34:53.100I imagine there'll be lots of horrible things said about Canada, deservedly so.
00:34:58.100But I think that is that's where we are on this issue.
00:36:41.740You know what, Sheila, I just want to point out.
00:36:44.420Wait, sorry, they thanked him for his service.
00:36:47.820His service during World War II was part of an elite, brutal kill squad where the members enjoyed stealing themselves against human suffering.
00:37:02.160Look at, he's sweeping the, he's like, wow, I thought the Mossad were going to get me 60 years ago.
00:37:07.600But here I am in the House of Commons being celebrated.
00:42:01.900They're saying it's outrageous that a Ukrainian man who served in one of Adolf Hitler's Waffen-SS units was presented to Canada's parliament last week as a hero.
00:42:16.360They're not wrong, but this is a huge propaganda win for the Russians.
00:42:22.860There's not a genocide air that Justin Trudeau won't cozy up to.
00:42:27.520Like, between China and actual Nazis, like, think about how few members of the Waffen-SS are still alive.
00:42:37.320And like I said during the morning staff call, this guy should have ended up strangled on an Argentinian beach 60 years ago.
00:42:43.820And it should have been labeled a stroke.
00:42:47.740But think about how few of them left living there are.
00:42:52.640And somehow Justin Trudeau and his people managed to find one and trot him out in front of the parliament.
00:43:00.420But this is the same government that called truckers, crypto-Nazis, honk-honk was a dog whistle for the Nazis, thanks to Yara Sachs saying that.
00:43:13.200Another international embarrassment, by the way.
00:46:13.980We really were fighting in one court or another almost every day.
00:46:18.120This week, the news all happened on the weekend.
00:46:20.360The crazy stuff happened on Friday, but I was so distracted by the noisy protests and then by Trudeau's sort of unhinged speech.
00:46:27.360I didn't notice that little detail of the Nazi and it took me till like 1 a.m. on Saturday night to notice it.
00:46:34.680But I think we had a role in forcing that through because my tweets on that seriously got 3 million views on Saturday night, which is incredible because I was tweeting at like 1 a.m.
00:46:45.660I'm not sure if this story would have broken through in the mainstream media if it weren't for independent media.
00:46:51.940I think the entire establishment was either in on it or just totally in curious.
00:46:58.240You can understand why Trudeau thought he would get away with it.
00:47:00.640I mean, he got away with it when he met Andrei Melnick in Kiev.
00:47:04.280Chrystia Freeland got away with everything she's gotten away with.
00:47:06.980They just simply pushed their luck too far, I think.