Canada and the Neo-Nazis

The Trudeau government yesterday welcomed the news that extreme-right personality Faith Goldy had been voted off Facebook Island. That’s to be expected. After all, it would be hard to find a crew more outspoken in their anti-fascist virtue signalling.

Meanwhile, the decision to extend Canada’s military mission to Ukraine passed virtually unnoticed when it was announced last month. We’re all in to help the plucky Ukrainians ward off Putin’s aggression, after all.

Whenever the fascist tendencies in Ukrainian politics become a topic of conversation, our media are quick to offer scathing denials from folks like Paul Grod and Lloyd Axworthy. Lies, slander, and Putinist propaganda; not a word of truth to it, they claim.

Yet the story never goes away. Here’s an article from The Nation, which as far as I know is not one of Putin’s disinformation outlets; Neo-Nazis and far right on the march in Ukraine. The writer obviously forgot to fact-check with Lloyd and Paul.

Here’s a news story from Germany a couple of years back; The Brotherhood of Racists and Anti-Semites. According to the story, Ukraine is the go-to destination for young white-power aficionados across Europe hoping to get training and inspiration.

Our government spends our tax dollars on training the Ukrainian military. Elements in the Ukrainian military then pass along that military training to violent extremists drawn to Ukraine from various other countries. What they will do with that training remains to be seen…

Your tax dollars at work!