Western Standard - Nazi in Parliament scandal is a sign of a broken government

00:00:00.000 world really was watching. And we had Ukrainian President Zelensky. He was a guest to the House

00:00:06.440 of Commons. The liberals were celebrating another injection of 600 million Canadian tax dollars

00:00:11.820 going into the Ukrainian war effort. It was a big feel-good moment. Then the entire house rose and

00:00:17.840 they gave an ovation and an applause to a Nazi. Yeah, I didn't have a slip of the tongue. I'm not 0.71

00:00:25.480 talking about a figurative Nazi or a comical Nazi like the soup chef in a Seinfeld episode. Not some 0.59

00:00:30.880 goose-stepping neo-Nazi idiot with a shaven head and a swastika tattoo. No, this wasn't even a conscript

00:00:36.720 from the German army in World War II or a simple member of the Nazi party from those times. No,

00:00:42.220 the fellow they were applauding actually served in one of Hitler's SS Waffen units in World War II.

00:00:47.640 This was a true, dyed-in-the-wool, literal Nazi. I mean, that term is thrown around so much that

00:00:54.340 we really have to couch it this time with, no, this is the real thing. Now, due to the passage

00:00:58.440 of time, thankfully, it's actually quite difficult to find real Nazis these days. But credit where

00:01:03.780 due, the government managed to dig one up and bring him into the House of Commons. House Speaker,

00:01:08.900 I should say former House Speaker, Anthony Roda, has fallen on his sword for the issue now and

00:01:13.320 claims the invitation of the Nazi was solely his own action. Now, while Roda certainly appears 0.86

00:01:18.060 culpable, it beggars belief that this Nazi slipped through the vetting into the House of Commons 0.97

00:01:23.020 with no examination. It's no coincidence that a Ukrainian veteran happened to be introduced to

00:01:28.280 the House by the Speaker on the same day the President of Ukraine happened to be there.

00:01:32.860 It was a staged, jingoistic event that was supposed to show a common front of support for Ukrainians

00:01:38.020 against Russian aggression. The problem was with which war Yaroslav Hanka fought against the Russians

00:01:44.800 in. Now, I'm going to speculate on what probably happened. I could be wrong. This is what I figure

00:01:49.120 happened. I imagine an order went out to Liberal members just to ask him, try and seek out a Ukrainian 1.00

00:01:53.380 veteran, you know, who stood up to the Russians to celebrate in the House while we have Zalysky here.

00:01:59.980 Some staffer went scurrying about and managed to find Yaroslav Hanka. There's probably a young

00:02:04.120 staffer. If you go to Ottawa, you see them all the time. You know, they're usually rushing around in

00:02:07.200 ill-fitting suits. And it didn't occur to him that if a person's 98 years old, Ukrainian, and fought

00:02:13.980 against the Russians. It's almost a sure thing he served in one of Hitler's Waffen-SS units. And he 0.85

00:02:20.300 volunteered to join that unit. He wasn't conscripted. I've seen some Liberal supporters doggedly trying to

00:02:25.680 point out how Hanka wasn't among the worst of the Nazis. That's absurd. And it's not doing their cause any

00:02:30.820 favors. I don't care if nowadays Hanka is the sweetest father and grandfather on the planet, you know, and did a

00:02:37.180 good job later in life. I don't care if he was the friendliest Nazi in his unit, that he never forgot 0.63

00:02:42.540 anybody's birthday or won the Mr. Nazi congeniality award every time there was an SS convention.

00:02:48.520 He was a Nazi and never should have been invited to the House of Commons, much less applauded. 0.91

00:02:54.060 Some actions and life choices lead to a permanent stigma being applied. Joining one of Hitler's SAS units

00:03:00.320 during World War II is one of those life choices. The leader of a nation in the middle of a war was a

00:03:05.960 guest in the House of Commons, and he unwittingly found himself joining the rest of the room

00:03:09.400 and applauding a Nazi. The damage done went beyond just humiliating Canada and a guest on the world 0.79

00:03:15.000 stage. Vladimir Putin was surely laughing for hours as Canada managed to create a public relations coup

00:03:20.860 for him. While Justin Trudeau wasn't directly involved in this latest national embarrassment,

00:03:25.900 it still happened on his watch. The Prime Minister's office surely was behind the planning for this grand

00:03:31.740 event, and if their office didn't vet attendees, it must be asked why they didn't.

00:03:35.960 Could any MP just bring in whoever they please and have them recognized by the House without any

00:03:40.200 question or vetting? I doubt it. This is just one debacle piling onto a year of embarrassments from

00:03:45.940 the Trudeau government. Every policy they touch becomes a mess, and every event becomes a controversy.

00:03:51.440 We're seeing a government in its dying stages. They're tired out and in disarray. They're directionless

00:03:56.860 and basically leaderless. Rather than trying to address the issues, of course, Trudeau went into hiding,

00:04:02.000 or he's trying to distract from things. The Liberals tried and failed even to get unanimous

00:04:06.840 consent to have the whole incident stricken from the public record. Yeah, they actually wanted to get

00:04:11.900 that thrown out just so we pretend it never happened. Thankfully, a Conservative member said,

00:04:15.620 no, no, no, no, no. That's going to stay in there, as embarrassing as it is.

00:04:18.860 The Canadian government under Justin Trudeau is dysfunctional and unsustainable.

00:04:22.900 Trudeau's days as Prime Minister are clearly numbered. Even if Trudeau never gets it,

00:04:26.460 his caucus had better bloody well figure it out and fast. The scandals are piling up faster,

00:04:31.000 and the embarrassments are hitting new heights with every month that they allow him to keep

00:04:35.860 sitting as the Liberal leader. If Trudeau isn't removed by the next election, the Liberal Party

00:04:39.660 is going to be utterly decimated. While that sounds appealing, I don't like to imagine the damage that

00:04:43.940 Dingbat could cause if he had two more years in power. Wake up, guys. Think about that. I mean,

00:04:48.900 just just back off and think for a moment. We had a standing ovation and applause for a true literal

00:04:57.840 living Nazi in our House of Commons. You can't make this sort of thing up. This government's just a mess. 0.93

Western Standard - September 28, 2023

Nazi in Parliament scandal is a sign of a broken government

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