What is the purpose of not releasing the names? I have a feeling that the excuse is that they don't want to give Russia ammunition for “propaganda” but I think keeping the names secret actually makes that worse, it just shows that Canada is more than willing to protect Nazis rather than show that it is committed to combating them.
If they are embarrassed for bringing Nazis into the country in the first place, then they can make up for it by releasing the names. This whole situation is stupid, there is no reason for keeping this confidential. I have a feeling that Someone’s family members are on that list.
What is the purpose of not releasing the names?
Given who the current Deputy Prime Minister is, I suspect the reason is that multiple (current and former) MP's have parents or grandparents on that list. Neither the Liberals or Conservatives want the public to know that their members' personal wealth may be rooted in Nazi plunder.
My exact thought as well regarding she who shall not be named. I have no doubt that many of the politicians in Canada have these horrible connections. If the politicians then definitely some prominent people like that one professor who defends the Waffen SS.
I'll bet Chrystia Freeland and other politicians have more skeletons in their closet, than we've thought
If the government won’t release the names then I really hope someone just leaks the list.
Canada is more than willing to protect Nazis rather than show that it is committed to combating them
Yes, Canada is pretty well explicitly fascist. It's pretty fucked up.
We have physical monuments to actual fascists, I hate it when people deny this awful history and continued practice in this godforsaken country.
it's so edifying to watch canada behave in the same way that the united states does.
It’s incredible seeing Canadians (on social media mostly) having a bit of an identity crisis right now. The veil of Canadian kindness is falling and they’re starting to see that they’re basically the same as Americans.
Hey, no they are America with a King and French, lets not cut out the only 2 differences that they have
Canadians have a weird chip on their shoulder because they never had an epic revolution for freedom like the American and yet you’d have to pry the monarchy from their cold dead hands. Poutine is amazing, though, so at least they have that.
I mean, if Putin actually ended up being exactly as evil as he is now, but with more following what North America and Europe say (as was originally expected when backing his power-grabs) I'm pretty sure Canada would still have done this. Post-Cold War, there was a long while there where they were all happy to help the anti-communist Yeltsin protege take over and consolidate power, there would have been no reason to hide from a Russian foreign policy perspective. I'd guess it probably has more to do with connections across defense and industry developed by the Nazis taken in, like how it was with the US, plus Canada's special relationship with Ukrainian cultural groups in the country.
