Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
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OTTAWA, October 6, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — Canada’s Liberal government suffered obvious embarrassment after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dedicated the country’s National Holocaust Monument last week with the monument plaque lacking any mention of Jews or anti-Semitism.
The plaque — since temporarily removed — honored the “millions of men, women and children murdered” but did not reference the Jewish people’s part in the Holocaust.
Some six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, by far the largest group targeted by the Nazis for annihilation.
MPs and senators of the opposition Conservative Party made hay with the gaffe, according to BBC News.
Tweeted Senator Linda Frum:
In Justin Trudeau’s Canada the new Holocaust Monument plaque doesn’t mention Jews, Anti-Semitism or the 6 Million. pic.twitter.com/byPGME6V6S
— Senator Linda Frum (@LindaFrum) October 3, 2017
“If we are going to stamp out hatred toward Jews, it is important to get history right,” said MP David Sweet.
David Frum, political commentator and senior editor for The Atlantic, tweeted:
Not Canada’s proudest moment https://t.co/KHio7EncKl
— David Frum (@davidfrum) October 4, 2017
The $8.9 million memorial, which contains six concrete triangles that form a diagonally stretched Star
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