Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau just attended

a special session of the Canadian Parliament to honor a 98-year-old Nazi.

We have here in the chamber today Ukrainian Canadians, Ukrainian Canadian World Veteran,

from the Second World War, who fought the Ukrainian independence against the Russians

and continues to support the troops today, even at his age of 98.

His name is Yaroslav Hongka, and I was going to say he's in the gallery, but I think you beat me

to that. But I'm very proud to say that he is from North Bay and from my writing of Nipisin

to Miskeving. He's a Ukrainian hero, a Canadian hero, and we thank him for all his service. Thank you.

Yes, one more standing ovation, please. The Ukrainian hero and the Canadian hero.

It turns out that person is Yaroslav Hongka, who had 18 decided to volunteer for the Waffen SS.

And though Hongka's 14th regiment of the Waffen SS was not specifically found guilty of war

crimes, it has been linked to some pretty nasty stuff, including a reported massacre in Huta,

Pure Nyaka, which housed hundreds of Jews, as well as numerous mass executions.

The whole incident was particularly embarrassing, because Vladimir Putin's justification for

invading Ukraine was to de-notsify the country. A problem that the Ukrainian leadership has said

does not exist, a case that is now more difficult to make since the leader of Ukraine is on camera

giving a standing ovation to a Nazi. The whole episode is just so unbelievably funny.

It's out of a movie, a dark comedy, certainly, but it could have been written by Hollywood,

not only because Trudeau and Zelensky and the entire Canadian parliament accidentally applauded a

Nazi, not even just because after a lifetime of anonymity, this extremely old man who appeared so

happy to have his war service recognized by the prime minister of his adoptive country has now

been universally disavowed and become the living face of Nazism. What is most funny is the historical

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