![]() ![]() "It has no place in politics," reads the statement. "The sacrifices made by those, whom the poppy represents, have safeguarded the rights and freedoms that Canadians enjoy today." Smith previously wrote about Nuremberg Code In a statement, a spokesperson with the Alberta-Northwest Territories Command of the Royal Canadian Legion said the poppy is a symbol of remembrance of those who have served Canada and made the "supreme sacrifice in the name of democracy." Command of the Royal Canadian Legion said the poppy has 'no place in politics.' (CBC) Millions of other innocents were also murdered, premier." Six million Jews, amongst them 1.5 million children, were mass murdered by Hitler and his ideology. "Claiming such is to minimize and distort the Holocaust. "No, premier, those who followed science were not like Hitler and other tyrants," he wrote on Twitter. "I have always been and remain a friend to the Jewish community, Israel and our veterans, and I apologize for any offensive language used regarding this issue made while on talk radio or podcasts during my previous career."īernie Farber, chair of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, said Smith was either "wilfully ignorant or is in dire need of participating in our workshops on understanding the roots of antisemitism." "However, the horrors of the Holocaust are without precedent, and no one should make any modern-day comparisons that minimize the experience of the Holocaust and suffering under Hitler, nor the sacrifice of our veterans. ![]() ![]() "As everyone knows, I was against the use of vaccine mandates during COVID," Smith writes. Speaking at a campaign event for seniors on Monday, NDP Leader Rachel Notley called Smith's comments 'utterly horrifying.' (CBC)ĭave Prisco, director of communications with the United Conservative Party, sent a statement to CBC News on Monday, attributed to Smith. "She's comparing those Albertans, 75 per cent of them, to the architects of an antisemitic genocide," Notley said. She said Smith was referencing the 75 per cent of Albertans who followed scientific advice, as well as requests made by public health officials, "to protect themselves, their neighbours and Alberta's most vulnerable citizens and everybody who needed our hospitals." Speaking at a campaign event focused on seniors, NDP Leader Rachel Notley called Smith's comments "utterly horrifying." The NDP quickly seized on the video Monday. We have 75 per cent of the public who say not only hit me, but hit me harder, and keep me away from those dirty unvaxxed." Apology for 'any offensive language' in past career "And he says, 'I guarantee you would,'" Smith said. Smith recalled an academic saying that so many people would say that they would not succumb to the charms of a tyrant or somebody telling them they have all the answers. Smith then mentions the Netflix series How to Become a Tyrant, specifically referencing the episode featuring Adolf Hitler. WATCH | Smith in a podcast ties vaccinated Albertans to those who fall for tyrants:ĭuration 2:48 Danielle Smith, Alberta's UCP leader, apologized Monday after a video resurfaced in which she suggests the 75 per cent of the public who received a vaccine fell for the "charms of a tyrant," specifically referencing Adolf Hitler. "Pretending they understand the sacrifice, and not understanding that their actions are exactly the actions that our brave men and women in uniform are standing against." "The political leaders, standing on their soapbox, pretending that they care about all the things you just talked about. "They ruined it for me this year," Smith said of poppies. He was not wearing a poppy during the podcast, recorded a day before Remembrance Day, which Smith noticed. Ruhland, who said he is the son of Dutch immigrants who survived World War II, claimed Canadians' personal liberties were being violated by public health rules. The podcast is more than 90 minutes long and the relevant section is found near the end, where the conversation turns to the subject of scientific and medical consensus. 10, 2021, before Smith became premier, with the Calgary-based Integrated Wealth Management and its founder, Andrew Ruhland. The clip came from a podcast published on Nov. Danielle Smith, Alberta's UCP leader, is apologizing for past comments on talk radio and podcasts after a video resurfaced Sunday on social media in which she suggests the 75 per cent of the public who received a vaccine fell for the "charms of a tyrant," specifically referencing Adolf Hitler. ![]()
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