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The terms of reference for the commission were: "To conduct such investigations regarding alleged war criminals in Canada, including whether any such persons are now resident in Canada and when and how they obtained entry to Canada, as in the opinion of the Commissioner are necessary in order to enable him to report to the Governor in Council his recommendations and advice relating to what ...
Following World War II, Canada held investigations and proceedings against war criminals that lasted until 1948.During the 1950s, an anti-communist political climate turned public opinion away from the atrocities of the World War II and allegedly resulted in an immigration policy which was more permissive to former Nazis.
The commission's final report was issued at the end of 1986 in two parts. It alleged that Nazi war criminals had immigrated to Canada and in some cases were still residing in the country, [ 26 ] and recommended changes to criminal and citizenship law to allow Canada to prosecute war criminals. [ 26 ]
Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals Report Part I: Public, Honourable Jules Deschenes Commissioner, Ottawa, Canada, 1986, ISBN 0-660-12172-7, p.261. Roguezebra ( talk ) 17:12, 27 September 2023 (UTC) [ reply ]
An inquiry called by the federal government into matters of national concern are known in Canada as royal commissions or commissions of inquiry. These consist of a panel of distinguished individuals, experts, or judges convened by the governor-in-Council (the governor general acting on the advice of Cabinet) to look into and secure advice for an issue of general importance or to fully ...
Construction of the Spirit Lake Camp Interpretive Centre was launched in July 2010 [26] and on November 26, 2011, opened officially in a ceremony attended by the Honourable Jason Kenney, then Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, who referred to the internment operations as "a blight" on Canadian history. The CFWWIRF's Endowment Council made ...
During the early years of Ukrainian immigration to Canada, many immigrants faced discrimination and prejudice. Ukrainian immigrants were interned during World War I as a part of the confinement of those deemed to be "enemy aliens." Between 1914 and 1920, thousands of Ukrainian-Canadians were interned in camps.
The bronze bust [4] of Ukrainian nationalist leader Roman Shukhevych, who collaborated with the Nazis from February 1941 to December 1942 as commanding officer of the Nachtigall Battalion in early 1941, [5] and as a Hauptmann of the German Schutzmannschaft 201 auxiliary police battalion in late 1941 and 1942, [6] units which were complicit in the Galicia-Volhynia massacres of ethnic Poles and ...