Rideau Hall Apologizes for Honouring Nazi Veteran With Order of Canada in 1987

Members of the Ceremonial Guard perform sentry duties at Rideau Hall, the residence of the Governor General of Canada, in Ottawa on July 7, 2023. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Rideau Hall says it deeply regrets that a man who fought for a Nazi unit in the Second World War was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1987.

Peter Savaryn was chancellor of the University of Alberta and leader of the World Congress of Free Ukrainians, according to his Order of Canada biography.