Canadian Leaders Mark Holocaust Remembrance Day

In Ottawa on Tuesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney marked Holocaust Remembrance Day with a solemn address at the National Holocaust Memorial, emphasizing Canada's historical silence during the Second World War as a form of complicity in the murder of millions of Jewish people. Carney urged Canadians to confront the lessons of that era to prevent future atrocities.

Speaking to a gathered crowd, Carney described the day as a critical opportunity to reflect on the consequences of ignorance and hatred. He highlighted the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945, which revealed the full extent of Nazi crimes to the world. "The liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau exposed the scale of Nazi crimes to the world and became symbols of the horrors of the Holocaust, the guilt of the enablers and the resilience of the survivors," Carney said. He added, "Today, we acknowledge that looking away is not a passive act, but an act of betrayal."

The event commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day, established by the United Nations in 2005 to honor the six million Jews and millions of others killed under the Nazi regime during the Holocaust. Carney stressed that remembrance alone is...