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Canada apologizes for honoring another veteran from unit that fought with Nazis (forward.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 32 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Worth note that this is an apology for honoring a Nazi years ago (a Nazi who died in 2017), and not, as I had thought when reading the headline, a second Nazi veteran that the government invited and honored right after they had got done honering the first Nazi guy.

Still worth apologizing of course, just want to clarify a key detail to those going by headline alone.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The article doesn't mention that the Order Of Canada was awarded by Jeanne Sauve, a conservative.

[–] CluckN 1 points 9 months ago

Canada’s governor general apologized Tuesday afternoon for awarding one of the country’s highest honors to a Ukrainian immigrant who served in the same Nazi unit during World War II as the 98-year-old who was honored last month in the Canadian Parliament, an incident which sparked international outrage.

I’m confused, it sounds like they addressed the most recent ceremony?

[–] Nouveau_Burnswick 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Awarded in 1987 citation: https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/146-13284

PC government under Brian Mulroney.

GG was Jeanne Sauvé

[–] Oderus 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I knew Trudeau was behind it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

It's always the Liberals.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

canada rn:

animated gif of britney spears singing 'oops i did it again'

[–] xc2215x 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Glad Canada apologized.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's kinda our thing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

If you think we've been typecast... Sorry.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Hear me out here, guys... Have we tried not honouring nazis?