Exclusive: Canada apologizes for honoring another veteran from unit that fought with Nazis
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The representative of King Charles III in Canada expressed 'deep regret' for giving elite awards to Peter Savaryn, who served with SS Galichina during World War II.

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.

  • sovietknuckles [they/them]
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    1 year ago

    Membership in the Order of Canada is only effective during the honoree’s lifetime, so Savaryn, who died in 2017, cannot have his award rescinded.

    maybe-later-kiddo There's nothing we can do

    • CyborgMarx [any, any]
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      1 year ago

      The liberals who made that rule up think it elevates the award somehow, when in reality it inherently degrades it

  • Stoatmilk [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    It's "Trudeau says he can't recall how many times he wore blackface makeup" all over again

    • Slaanesh [he/him, comrade/them]
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      1 year ago

      My friends all gave me shit for not dropping the blackface thing. The dude painted his fucking knees man! Such a shit, I'm so happy he's not Fidel's kid.

    • KarlBarqs [he/him, they/them]
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      1 year ago

      I still can't believe that didn't sink him. All he had to do was apologize for the two known incidents, to apologize by saying "I don't know how many times I did it" should have been a career ending scandal fuck

  • daisy
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    1 year ago

    Maybe the silver lining to all this shit is that these sorts of public apologies are still expected and demanded by the general public.