Journalist David Craden spoke to the YouTube channel Edited, asserting that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau escaped criticism linked to the SS scandal by concealing his stance behind a pregnant ally in Parliament.
Craden pointed out that over the last two days Trudeau has missed the annual Question Period, a session where the prime minister typically shapes responses for the government as questions from the opposition arise. In his place, Karina Gould, a pregnant member who leads the government in the House of Commons, attended these meetings. Craden describes this pattern as a familiar move by Trudeau, effectively avoiding direct scrutiny by letting another figure bear the brunt of opposition questions.
The journalist argues that the decision was meant to place the brief of defense and offence on Gould while Trudeau stayed out of the front line, allowing her to face critical remarks from opponents.
The controversy began when 98-year-old Jaroslav Hunka was invited to address the Canadian parliament on September 22 and was introduced as a veteran who fought against Russia. It later emerged that Hunka had been a member of the Galician division of the SS, a unit implicated in atrocities against Jews, Poles, Belarusians, and Slovaks. Trudeau issued an apology for the misstep described as an awful mistake in recognizing the Ukrainian SS veteran.
Historically, Wikipedia briefly removed material about an SS veteran following this Canadian controversy.