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== Nazi sympathies == | == Nazi sympathies == | ||
[[File:Trudeau Zelenskyy and Freeland giving Hunka a standing ovation.jpg|thumb|Freeland (the woman in the royal blue blazer behind [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]]) shown gleefully clapping for Hunka]] | [[File:Trudeau Zelenskyy and Freeland giving Hunka a standing ovation.jpg|thumb|Freeland (the woman in the royal blue blazer standing behind [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]]) shown gleefully clapping for Hunka]] | ||
Freeland's maternal grandfather, [[Michael Chomiak]], was the editor-in-chief of ''[[Krakivs'ki Visti]]'', a [[Ukrainian language]] [[National Socialism|Nazi]] newspaper based in [[General Government (1939–1945)|Poland]] and [[German Reich (1933–1945)|Germany]] from 1940 to 1945.<ref name=":0">[[David Pugliese|Pugliese, David]] (2017-03-08).: ''Chrystia Freeland's granddad was indeed a Nazi collaborator – so much for Russian disinformation''. [[Ottawa Citizen]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170308224600/https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/chrystia-freelands-granddad-was-indeed-a-nazi-collaborator-so-much-for-russian-disinformation Archived] from [https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/chrystia-freelands-granddad-was-indeed-a-nazi-collaborator-so-much-for-russian-disinformation the original] on 2017-03-08. Retrieved on 2023-01-07.</ref> Freeland has praised her grandparents and their legacy on numerous occasions, writing in a now-deleted tweet that "they worked hard to return freedom and [[democracy]] to Ukraine" and that she was "proud to honour their memory."<ref>[[Aidan Jonah|Jonah, Aidan]] (2020-08-25).: ''On 'Black Ribbon Day' Canadian politicians whitewash the Holocaust, by pushing 'double genocide' theory''. [[The Canada Files]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20201214145320/https://www.thecanadafiles.com/articles/cpbrd Archived] from [https://www.thecanadafiles.com/articles/cpbrd the original] on 2022-12-14. Retrieved 2023-01-07.</ref> | Freeland's maternal grandfather, [[Michael Chomiak]], was the editor-in-chief of ''[[Krakivs'ki Visti]]'', a [[Ukrainian language]] [[National Socialism|Nazi]] newspaper based in [[General Government (1939–1945)|Poland]] and [[German Reich (1933–1945)|Germany]] from 1940 to 1945.<ref name=":0">[[David Pugliese|Pugliese, David]] (2017-03-08).: ''Chrystia Freeland's granddad was indeed a Nazi collaborator – so much for Russian disinformation''. [[Ottawa Citizen]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170308224600/https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/chrystia-freelands-granddad-was-indeed-a-nazi-collaborator-so-much-for-russian-disinformation Archived] from [https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/chrystia-freelands-granddad-was-indeed-a-nazi-collaborator-so-much-for-russian-disinformation the original] on 2017-03-08. Retrieved on 2023-01-07.</ref> Freeland has praised her grandparents and their legacy on numerous occasions, writing in a now-deleted tweet that "they worked hard to return freedom and [[democracy]] to Ukraine" and that she was "proud to honour their memory."<ref>[[Aidan Jonah|Jonah, Aidan]] (2020-08-25).: ''On 'Black Ribbon Day' Canadian politicians whitewash the Holocaust, by pushing 'double genocide' theory''. [[The Canada Files]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20201214145320/https://www.thecanadafiles.com/articles/cpbrd Archived] from [https://www.thecanadafiles.com/articles/cpbrd the original] on 2022-12-14. Retrieved 2023-01-07.</ref> | ||
During the [[Yaroslav Hunka]] scandal in which a 98-year-old Ukrainian Nazi collaborator was invited to the [[Parliament of Canada|Canadian Parliament]] in September 2023, Freeland was one of the many members of the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]] who recognised Hunka and gave him a standing ovation for his service during the [[Second World War]]. While she later acknowledged that [[Speaker of the House of Commons (Canada)|Speaker of the House]] [[Anthony Rota]] made a mistake by inviting Hunka, Freeland never apologised for her own role in the incident. She did find plenty of time to warn about "[[Russian Federation|Russian]] propaganda" however.<ref | During the [[Yaroslav Hunka]] scandal in which a 98-year-old Ukrainian Nazi collaborator was invited to the [[Parliament of Canada|Canadian Parliament]] in September 2023, Freeland was one of the many members of the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]] who recognised Hunka and gave him a standing ovation for his service during the [[Second World War]]. While she later acknowledged that [[Speaker of the House of Commons (Canada)|Speaker of the House]] [[Anthony Rota]] made a mistake by inviting Hunka, Freeland never apologised for her own role in the incident. She did find plenty of time to warn about "[[Russian Federation|Russian]] propaganda" however.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||