Canada
Chrystia Freeland Must Account For Her Nazi Collaborator Grandfather
Chrystia Freeland, the member of parliament for University—Rosedale and former minister of foreign affairs, is a political star. In the last year alone, she has been promoted to deputy prime minister, and in the wake of the WE Charity scandal, to finance minister. There’s no indication her ascent will stop any time soon. Few would be surprised to see her eventually become the leader of the federal Liberal Party.
With that in mind, it’s important that Freeland, like all other politicians, is held to account for her troubling decisions and views. Thus far, however, Freeland has managed to avoid any serious scrutiny for something that has been career altering for politicians in other countries. That, of course, is her response to the fact that her grandfather, Michael Chomiak (Mykhailo Khomiak), was a Nazi collaborator. Rather than owning up to and condemning his past, she concocted conspiracy theories that shifted attention elsewhere and smeared those that brought the issue to light.
This is an older post dating from the time the Freeland Granpa story broke. Yes it has a leftist agenda but offers among other insights how left and right Ukraine organizations were treated by the government during the cold war era. Not to mention Freeland’s efforts to suppress the story.
I received a number of emails from an unknown source prior to the Freeland Granpa story going mainstream however they all linked to a very sketchy site that reduced whatever credibilty the information had. Pity I chose not to run with it. The article is worth a read.
CHARLEBOIS: Champagne’s many missed opportunities to lower food prices
The issue of food prices, particularly, has been thrust into the spotlight and has taken on a highly politicized tone.
Recent survey results indicate that a staggering 82% of Canadians attribute higher food prices to excessive profit-seeking, with grocery stores becoming the focal point of political discourse.
Cameron Ortis trial: RCMP documents detail alleged multi-billion dollar terrorist money laundering scheme in GTA
Newly released documents show Canadian involvement in an international investigation of an alleged money laundering ring in the Greater Toronto Area that authorities believe is linked to a man accused of laundering money for terrorists.
Altaf Khanani, a Pakistani national, has been on the radar of international law enforcement since at least 2008, when he was arrested in his home country for allegedly transferring money illegally.
The U.S. State Department accused Khanani, once described in a media report as “one of the world’s most wanted fraudsters,” of laundering billions of dollars for organized crime and terrorist outfits, including al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
Diversity something something ….
Looking back on the Vancouver riot, when social media took public shaming to new heights
On the night of June 15, 2011, Mallory Newton, wearing a Vancouver Canucks scarf, posed for an unfortunate photograph. Standing next to a guy whose face was completely obscured with a black ski mask, she threw up a peace sign and smiled. The ski-mask guy was wearing a t-shirt. “I’m just here for the riots,” it read.
The next day, at work, Ms. Newton could hear her phone blowing up with notifications. That photo, taken downtown during the Stanley Cup riot, had gone viral. Online stones were being cast against Ms. Newton; she had no ability to explain or provide context.
Woman in Canada facing terrorism charge for alleged participation in ISIS activities: RCMP
The RCMP say a 29-year-old woman in Canada is facing a terrorism-related offence for her alleged participation in the activities of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS).
Police say Ammara Amjad returned to Canada from Syria on April 4 and was arrested by way of a terrorism peace bond. She was later released on bail conditions pending a future court appearance.
Ivison: Liberals’ ‘woeful’ historical literacy is a cause for regret
In the wake of the incident where the House of Commons gave a former Waffen SS soldier a standing ovation, the issue of historical literacy has once again come to the fore.
Stewart said that occasion reminds us of the “woeful understanding of our past in this country.”
He said the Trudeau government “isn’t a fan of Canadian history,” as it illustrated when it expunged images of the Vimy Memorial and the Fathers of Confederation in the new passport.
Ghost guns showing up at crime scenes in Canada but RCMP not keeping statistics
FREDERICTON – Even as the technology to produce so-called “ghost guns” becomes less expensive and more widespread, the RCMP is not keeping records on how often the weapons are used in crimes across the country.
Ghost guns are firearms without serial numbers that are assembled from individual parts or 3D printers. They are easy to make and hard to trace, and are increasingly showing up at crime scenes in Canada and the United States.
When Canadian politicians applauded a Nazi
Historically ignorant parliamentarians are now trying to memory-hole the whole affair.
When Prince Harry dressed up as a Nazi at a fancy-dress party in 2005, it didn’t go down very well. Doug Henderson, the former UK armed-forces minister, went as far to suggest that the young prince should be prevented from joining the army.
How times have changed. In 2005, dressing up as a Nazi at a party was an unforgivable sin. But in 2023, giving standing ovations to an actual Nazi – a former member of the Waffen-SS, no less – is just ‘complicated’.
Anti-white art is so happening!
Vancouver Art Gallery has a new anti-white exhibit: Conceptions of White
The exhibit tells white people to stop talking, enjoy discomfort, check their privilege, and vocalize their ignorance
The gallery received $29 MILLION last year from the Canadian government pic.twitter.com/RoOZJkx3bK
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) October 4, 2023
h/t Lesley
CBC attempts to make the insane demand of cross dressing men to be called women a big issue in the CPC
Pierre Poilievre’s inner circle divided over how to tackle gender issues, sources say
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s advisers are divided on the position the party should take on issues of gender identity and diversity, multiple Conservative sources told Radio-Canada.
While some Conservatives see questions of gender and identity as matters of principle, or as opportunities to make political gains, others fear that the polarizing issue could turn some voters against them in the next election campaign and distract from the pocketbook issues that have been the focus of Poilievre’s messaging.
Radio-Canada spoke with about ten Conservatives anonymously, to allow them to express themselves freely.
It’s not a polarising issue among normal people, to suggest otherwise is just CBC projection.
Don’t forget that the CBC supports pedophilia.
Men are not women.
“Gender affirming health care” is a crime. See how easy that is?
What will Trudeau’s new National Security Council actually do?
In a government lacking geopolitical acumen or vision, few details have been provided.
On Sept. 27, without fanfare, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced changes to cabinet committees, one of which was the establishment of a National Security Council (NSC). This should have been a big deal, built on fulsome public information about the role, composition and structure of this centrally important body, but the announcement was reduced to an uninspiring debut, saying only that the NSC would be “a forum for strategic decision-making and for sharing analysis of intelligence in its strategic context.”
Homelessness Explodes In Canada As Rents, Housing Prices Soar
Canada is gripped by a surge in homelessness that has seen tens of thousands of people priced out of rental and real estate markets and left to live in the streets of the wealthy nation.
Researchers warn government data is vastly underestimating the number of homeless across the country, as the social ill spreads from major cities to small towns.
In Quebec, one in two homeless people can be found in rural parts of the eastern province, instead of mainly in Montreal as had been the case in the past, according to a new report published in September.
Rideau Hall apologizes for honouring Nazi veteran with Order of Canada in 1987
OTTAWA – Rideau Hall says it deeply regrets that a man who fought for a Nazi unit in the Second World War was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1987.
Peter Savaryn was chancellor of the University of Alberta and leader of the World Congress of Free Ukrainians, according to his Order of Canada biography.
He also fought for the Waffen-SS Galicia Division, a voluntary unit created by the Nazis to help fight off the Soviet Union.
Saluting a Nazi
At a high-profile event for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sept. 22, Canadian lawmakers gave 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka, a Canadian immigrant who ostensibly fought for the First Ukrainian Division against the Russians in World War II, a standing ovation for his service in the cause of freedom. Speaker of the House Anthony Rota introduced Hunka as a “war veteran from the Second World War who fought for Ukrainian independence against the Russians.”