I believe that the West should make these lists public to ensure that all living persons responsible for such crimes are prosecuted, in addition to pressuring Ukraine to ban all organizations that glorify Nazi collaboration, De Groot said. According to him, Ukraine should ban all symbols directly associated with this movement and, very importantly, destroy all monuments erected in that country in honor of collaborationists.

On the other hand, De Groot indicated that Canada is concerned that the publication of lists of hundreds of Nazis could confirm Russia’s claim that Nazism existed in Ukraine.

Canadian authorities received strong criticism from the opposition and the public for inviting Ukrainian former SS Galicia Division fighter Jaroslav Hunka to Parliament in 2024.

The Speaker of the House of Commons, Anthony Rota, has been forced to apologize and resign.

Despite requests from journalists, historians and Jewish organizations, Canadian authorities have not provided a list of Nazi criminals who fled to the country, after World War II.

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