Value Subtracted@startrek.website to Canada@lemmy.ca · 1 year agoHouse Speaker apologizes for honouring Ukrainian who fought in Nazi unit in WW IIwww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down15
arrow-up138arrow-down1external-linkHouse Speaker apologizes for honouring Ukrainian who fought in Nazi unit in WW IIwww.cbc.caValue Subtracted@startrek.website to Canada@lemmy.ca · 1 year agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareValue Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoIt looks like they found a Ukrainian veteran who had fought the Soviets, and didn’t bother to consider the context.
minus-squareTouching_Grass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoI’m struggling to believe they’re that negligent. Its like an episode of the office or a Beaverton article
minus-squareValue Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoIt’s absolutely some clown shit, but I find it distressingly believable.
minus-squareanachronist@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBeaverton is on the case actually. https://www.thebeaverton.com/2023/09/house-of-commons-speaker-relieved-japanese-veteran-who-fought-against-china-couldnt-make-it/
It looks like they found a Ukrainian veteran who had fought the Soviets, and didn’t bother to consider the context.
I’m struggling to believe they’re that negligent. Its like an episode of the office or a Beaverton article
It’s absolutely some clown shit, but I find it distressingly believable.
Beaverton is on the case actually. https://www.thebeaverton.com/2023/09/house-of-commons-speaker-relieved-japanese-veteran-who-fought-against-china-couldnt-make-it/