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The representative of King Charles III in Canada expressed ‘deep regret’ for giving elite awards to Peter Savaryn, the former chancellor of the University of Alberta who served with SS Galichina during World War II.

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[–] AnarchoDakosaurus@toast.ooo 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fucking hell Canada, so many old Nazi pricks here you'd think this shit was a Swiss bank.

[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Insert NASA Nazi rocket scientists monkey puppet meme.

[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

It's really funny this all happened around truth and reconcilliation week.

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Another.

Another?

ANOTHER!?

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Put away the pitchforks... sort of.

This happened in the 80s. It's just that it's getting an apology now that there's scrutiny.

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Ok thank you I needed that.

[–] sovietknuckles@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Canada apologizes for honoring another ~~veteran from unit that fought with~~ Nazi~~s~~

They just can't bring themselves to call SS veterans Nazis

[–] nonailsleft@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

Hitler just happened to find himself in the same room as some nazis for a while

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They really shouldn't be saying fought with....when I fight with someone, I typically am not working with them. Fought alongside would be a much better way to say it.

Regardless, 😅

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Passive voice once again moving mountains.

Should’ve never happened, of course, but this is a misleading headline because it implies it happened again recently. “He had another outburst” implies an additional one after the last one, not one from decades ago.

[–] boredtortoise@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

How are the honorings done without any such checks??

[–] Radicalized@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Both this guy and the Nazi in parliament were from the same SS division. The government of Canada imported the whole division after WW2 to scab when a nickel mine went on strike.