Nazi in Parliament scandal is a sign of a broken government
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Summary
A Nazi was invited to the House of Commons, and the whole house applauds. This was a public relations coup for the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government, but did they know who the guest was before the vetting process was complete?
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world really was watching. And we had Ukrainian President Zelensky. He was a guest to the House
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of Commons. The liberals were celebrating another injection of 600 million Canadian tax dollars
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going into the Ukrainian war effort. It was a big feel-good moment. Then the entire house rose and
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they gave an ovation and an applause to a Nazi. Yeah, I didn't have a slip of the tongue. I'm not
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talking about a figurative Nazi or a comical Nazi like the soup chef in a Seinfeld episode. Not some
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goose-stepping neo-Nazi idiot with a shaven head and a swastika tattoo. No, this wasn't even a conscript
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from the German army in World War II or a simple member of the Nazi party from those times. No,
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the fellow they were applauding actually served in one of Hitler's SS Waffen units in World War II.
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This was a true, dyed-in-the-wool, literal Nazi. I mean, that term is thrown around so much that
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we really have to couch it this time with, no, this is the real thing. Now, due to the passage
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of time, thankfully, it's actually quite difficult to find real Nazis these days. But credit where
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due, the government managed to dig one up and bring him into the House of Commons. House Speaker,
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I should say former House Speaker, Anthony Roda, has fallen on his sword for the issue now and
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claims the invitation of the Nazi was solely his own action. Now, while Roda certainly appears
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culpable, it beggars belief that this Nazi slipped through the vetting into the House of Commons
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with no examination. It's no coincidence that a Ukrainian veteran happened to be introduced to
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the House by the Speaker on the same day the President of Ukraine happened to be there.
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It was a staged, jingoistic event that was supposed to show a common front of support for Ukrainians
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against Russian aggression. The problem was with which war Yaroslav Hanka fought against the Russians
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in. Now, I'm going to speculate on what probably happened. I could be wrong. This is what I figure
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happened. I imagine an order went out to Liberal members just to ask him, try and seek out a Ukrainian
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veteran, you know, who stood up to the Russians to celebrate in the House while we have Zalysky here.
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Some staffer went scurrying about and managed to find Yaroslav Hanka. There's probably a young
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staffer. If you go to Ottawa, you see them all the time. You know, they're usually rushing around in
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ill-fitting suits. And it didn't occur to him that if a person's 98 years old, Ukrainian, and fought
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against the Russians. It's almost a sure thing he served in one of Hitler's Waffen-SS units. And he
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volunteered to join that unit. He wasn't conscripted. I've seen some Liberal supporters doggedly trying to
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point out how Hanka wasn't among the worst of the Nazis. That's absurd. And it's not doing their cause any
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favors. I don't care if nowadays Hanka is the sweetest father and grandfather on the planet, you know, and did a
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good job later in life. I don't care if he was the friendliest Nazi in his unit, that he never forgot
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anybody's birthday or won the Mr. Nazi congeniality award every time there was an SS convention.
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He was a Nazi and never should have been invited to the House of Commons, much less applauded.
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Some actions and life choices lead to a permanent stigma being applied. Joining one of Hitler's SAS units
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during World War II is one of those life choices. The leader of a nation in the middle of a war was a
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guest in the House of Commons, and he unwittingly found himself joining the rest of the room
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and applauding a Nazi. The damage done went beyond just humiliating Canada and a guest on the world
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stage. Vladimir Putin was surely laughing for hours as Canada managed to create a public relations coup
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for him. While Justin Trudeau wasn't directly involved in this latest national embarrassment,
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it still happened on his watch. The Prime Minister's office surely was behind the planning for this grand
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event, and if their office didn't vet attendees, it must be asked why they didn't.
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Could any MP just bring in whoever they please and have them recognized by the House without any
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question or vetting? I doubt it. This is just one debacle piling onto a year of embarrassments from
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the Trudeau government. Every policy they touch becomes a mess, and every event becomes a controversy.
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We're seeing a government in its dying stages. They're tired out and in disarray. They're directionless
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and basically leaderless. Rather than trying to address the issues, of course, Trudeau went into hiding,
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or he's trying to distract from things. The Liberals tried and failed even to get unanimous
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consent to have the whole incident stricken from the public record. Yeah, they actually wanted to get
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that thrown out just so we pretend it never happened. Thankfully, a Conservative member said,
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no, no, no, no, no. That's going to stay in there, as embarrassing as it is.
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The Canadian government under Justin Trudeau is dysfunctional and unsustainable.
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Trudeau's days as Prime Minister are clearly numbered. Even if Trudeau never gets it,
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his caucus had better bloody well figure it out and fast. The scandals are piling up faster,
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and the embarrassments are hitting new heights with every month that they allow him to keep
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sitting as the Liberal leader. If Trudeau isn't removed by the next election, the Liberal Party
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is going to be utterly decimated. While that sounds appealing, I don't like to imagine the damage that
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Dingbat could cause if he had two more years in power. Wake up, guys. Think about that. I mean,
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just just back off and think for a moment. We had a standing ovation and applause for a true literal
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living Nazi in our House of Commons. You can't make this sort of thing up. This government's just a mess.